Hall Teapots - Part II

by Verona Greenawalt
Volume 21 No. 7 - March 1995

In 1920, Hall selected three shapes of teapots from their institutional line for a store promotion. The Boston, New York, and French shapes were decorated with gold to become the Gold Decorated line. This line was very successful and, in 1923, the Philadelphia shape was added. In 1930, six shapes, the Baltimore, French, Los Angeles, Newport, New York, and Philadelphia, were selected to be decorated with decals. Sales were poor, so finding the early decals is difficult for collectors.

The early forties saw the introduction of six teapots which came to be known as the Victorian line. There are two sets of names for these teapots attributed by two different authors. They are:

• Benjamin / Albert
• Birch / Darby
• Bowknot / Gladstone
• Connie / Victoria
• Murphy / Peel
• Plume / Disraeli

Another series of six teapots, the Brilliant Series, was designed by J. P. Thorley and introduced in the 1950s, probably to replace the Victorian line. Once again, different authors have given us different names:

• Apple / Browning
• Grape / Darwin
• Regal / Dickens
• Royal / Eliot
• Starlight / Tennyson
• Windcrest / Bronte

In my research I have identified 71 different teapot shapes, excluding dinnerware and kitchenware lines, which were produced from the 1920s through the 1950s. There are probably more.

Adele Kansas Airflow Los Angeles Aladdin Manhattan Albany McCormick Alma Melody Automobile Moderne Baltimore Naomi Basket Nautilus Basketball Newport Bellvue New York

Birdcage Ohio Boston Parade Bowling Ball Philadelphia Cleveland Philbe Columbia Rhythm Coverlet Rutherford Cube Star Damascus Streamline Danielle Sundial (Saf-T handle) Dohrman Surfside

Donut T-Ball round E-style T-Ball square Football Tea-for-two French Tea-for-four Globe Teamaster - Teataster Hollywood Teamaster - Twinspout Hook Cover Thorley (six shapes) Illinois Twin-tee Indiana Victorian (six shapes) Irvine Windshield Johnson

Hall China produced more colors than any other American china company. They often did glazing for other companies. Special colors were created for special orders. The following list of colors includes all those that are listed in the reference books. There may still be more colors to be found.

Addison - a light grey Black Lustre Blue Turquoise Cadet - medium blue Camellia - a rosy pink Canary - light yellow Celadon - light green Chinese Red Citron - bright yellow Cobalt Daffodil - yellow Deiphinium - blue Dresden - deep blue Eggshell White - a soft, matte white Emerald Forest Green - deep, rich green Garden - green Golden Glo - bright gold Green lustre Hi-Black - glossy black Hi-White - glossy white Indian Red - a shade of orange

Ivory Lettuce - light green Light Russet - almost pumpkin Mahogany - rich brown Marine - deep blue, between Delphinium and Cobalt Maroon Monterrey - similar to Celadon Mother-of-Pearl - swirled Old Rose Pink Poppy - red-orange Rose Sandust - light brown Seaspray - green, similar to Celadon and Monterrey Stock Brown Stock Green Sunset - red-orange Tan Turk Blue - darker than Blue Turquoise Turquoise Warm Yellow - almost like mustard

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Collector's Encyclopedia of Hall China, 2nd Edition
Margaret and Kenn Whitmyer, 1994

Superior Quality Hall China, a Guide for Collectors
Harvey Duke, 1984

Hall 2
Harvey Duke, 1985

Kovel's New Dictionary of Marks
Ralph and Terry Kovel, 1985