My amazing deal of the day was a teapot, which it turns out is probably a coffee pot. The lady selling it was selling a few other vintage items, but I didn't think the teapot was old or particularly special. I just thought it was pretty.
Warning:
I've included lots of info on this coffee pot in this post.
It's interesting to me, but could bore someone else to tears.
You may want to skip over this section.
Once I got home, I decided to look it up. The first one I found was priced at $212. Holy cow! I kept looking. Most of the ones I saw were over $100. I found one for $58, but that was the only one less than $100 and it had different markings on the bottom.
I think I paid $3 for mine. Or it might have been only a dollar. I paid a bundle price (a whopping $15) for lots of items so it's hard to remember.
After lots of research, I am still confused on a few issues. I found that it's made by Hall China in East Liverpool, Ohio. They were the largest producers of teapots in their heyday. They made this model for the Tricolator Company, Inc.
The style is Buchanan. Some call it a coffee pot. Some call it a tea pot. Which is it? Judging by the sources, I'm pretty sure it's a coffee pot. The originals were made in the 1930's. The Buchanon came in two different lid types. A screw lid makes it more rare - mine has a screw lid.
Richheimer Tricolator made the top metal parts for coffee makers, so this is very likely the company Hall made the pots for, even though another source called it Tricolator Company, Inc.
NAGGING QUESTIONS
The teapot looks so good. I wonder. Is this one of the newer replica's? Hall has been producing replicas of some of their patterns. I didn't see the Buchanon for sale now, but maybe they produced it for a short time and then moved on to other patterns. I don't know. On the other hand, all of the Tricolators up for sale look equally good. Maybe they held up really well. Hall, after all, was famous for their amazing techniques with china.
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| My Tricolator - Screw Top Lid & Bottom Stamp |
The $58 dollar Tricolator had a bottom stamp very different from mine. The Ebay description claims it, too, is vintage.
More info on Hall China:
Hall China and Chinese Red and Hall Teapots - Ohio River Pottery (Note - This was my source for the ads!!!)Hall China - Yahoo Groups
Tea or Coffee: Hall Had it - by Antique Week
Hall Chinese Red - Replacements.com
I picked up a number of other
red items at this same sale:
- DAZEY wall mount can opener Model #85 in a fire engine red with chrome and Bakelite handle - 1940's - sells online for around $26
- A vintage egg beater/hand mixer by Maynard. 1950's. This one is really nice and it works great! I already have a red vintage beater that belonged to my grandmother. The Maynard one works better. I'm keeping it. These sell for around $10 to $20 depending on the color and condition of the handles. My handles are in perfect condition! They've obviously never been tossed in the dishwasher.
- Small red cast iron utensil holder. All the old utensils were crammed into this heavy pot.
- The chrome and red dish drainer is probably not vintage. I think this one may have been sold by Ikea at one time. I'm going to use it as a display rack in my booth.
And as if that weren't enough, I also got these from the same sale.
They aren't red, but I guess that's OK. :-D
I've joined these link parties:
- Thrift Share Monday at Apron Thrift Girl
- Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays at Coastal Charm
- Three or More Tuesdays at The Gypsy's Corner