Rare Winfield pottery Bud Vase C. 1930's numbered 8/8!!
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This is a beautiful and rare piece....only 8 like it ever made! (see markings on bottom 8 of 8!) Back from the days when Leslie Winfield was still making pottery by hand with his single kiln in Pasadena, California. The vase is in excellent condition with no chips. This rare and special treasure would look amazing with a beautiful summer rose inside for that special someone!Please feel free to email me with any questions. Winfield Pottery Winfield Pottery was founded in Pasadena in 1929 by Leslie Winfield Sample. With just one kiln he produced a line of distinctive art pottery and in the evenings ran the "School of Clayworking." In 1935 Winfield Pottery moved to a larger Pasadena facility and designer Margaret Mears Gabriel joined the company. Square-shaped dinnerware, the first made in California, was unveiled in 1937, as was the bamboo embelishments the company became known for. Leslie Sample died in 1939 and Gabriel and her husband took over operations of Winfield Pottery. They opened a new larger Pasadena plant in 1941 and added more dinnerware patterns. Following World War II the Gabriel's faced a huge backlog of orders, so licensed the "Winfield China" name to American Ceramic Products of Santa Monica, while marking their Pasadena production as "Gabriel Porcelain." Production of Winfield China remained high through the forties
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