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Metlox Manufacturing
Company was established in 1927 by Willis and T. C. Prouty in
Manhattan Beach, California. Prior to about 1934, Metlox Pottery
produced ceramic and neon outdoor signs. About 1934, the
companies began producing ceramic housewares for which they
subsequently became quite well known. The famous Poppy Trail
line was introduced in that same year, the design creation of
the President Willis Prouty, and the company soon introduced
innovations which allowed them to speed production while at
the same time lowering their costs. The most highly sought Metlox
patterns are the work of the sculptor Carl Romanelli who designed
art pottery and dinnerware for the company in the late 1930s
and early 1940s, and again briefly in the 1950s.
The company produced
dinnerware, cookie jars, and miniatures. The Nastalia line was
comprised of items whose design was reminiscent of the late
19th and early 20th centuries such as locomotives, gramophones,
cars, coaches, and baby carriages. Some of the more valuable
pieces are wagons and carts pulled by horses or donkeys, often
with separately manufactured passengers. From the mid 1960s
through the mid 1970s, 'Poppets' were produced, 86 in all, representing
characters ranging from royalty and various professions to a
grouping of Salvation Army workers. Most came with a name tag
and paper labels. Some of the more popular lines are Red Rooster,
California Provincial, Colonial Homestead and Homestead Provincial,
as well as Poppytrail. The company continued production until
going out of business in 1989.
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