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Vernonware - Dinnerware

Vernonware began with Poxon China in 1916, located in Vernon, California. Later, in 1928, it became Vernon Potteries or Vernon Kilns. The company was bought out by Metlox in 1958 and became a division of Metlox. I have pieces from 65 different patterns including some of the hard-to-find patterns such as Winchester 73 and the souveneir specialty plates of various landmarks, California missions, cities and states.

1860

Vernonware 1860 pattern was produced from 1944 to 1954. It was made in the San Fernando shape.

Antiqua

Vernonware's Antiqua pattern, done in the Della Robbia Shape, was introduced in 1966, one year after Della Robbia. It was a popular pattern. If one is not careful, it can easily be confused with the sculptured grape pattern.

Anytime

The Vernonware Anytime pattern was produced from 1956 to 1958. It certainly has the popular colors of that time, namely; yellow and torquoise with a little brown and gray in a geometric design around the center.

Arcadia

The Arcadia pattern by Vernonware dates back to 1942. It has a cream background with a yellow and brown leaf ring going around the rim. The pattern was discontinued in 1955.

Autumn Leaves

Vernonware's Autumn Leaves pattern is done in theSan Fernanado shape. The finish is glossy. It has a cream background with shabby-chic brown highlights. There are brown and green leaves and yellow flowers.

Barkwood

Vernonware's Barkwood pattern is a cross-patch of brown lines on a beige background. It was produced from 1953 to 1958.

Beverly

The Vernonware Beverly pattern was produced in 1942. i think it is one of the prettiest patterns made by Vernonware. It has a cream background with pink and yellow flowers and brown and green leaves going all around it.

Blossoms T-704

Vernonware's Blossom series was in production from about 1937 to 1939. There were four variations to the series.

Blueberry Hill

Vernonware's Blueberry Hill pattern was done in the San Clemente shape. It dates to 1957/1958. It features large blue and small pink and yellow flowers on a cream background with a matte finish.

Bouquet

Vernonware's Bouquet pattern dates back to 1938. It was a hand-painted floral pattern with yellow trim. It was done in the Ultra shape.

Brown Eyed Susan

Vernonware's Brown Eyed Susan pattern was done in the Montecito shape. It has a cream background with a yellow border with brown trim. Yellow brown-eyed susan flowers with green leaves grace one side.

Calico

Vernonware Calico is another one of the "plaid" patterns. It was produced from 1949 to 1954. It has a cream background with pink and blue plaid stripes and a blue rim.

California Shadows

Vernonware produced California Shadows from 1953 to 1955. It only came in two colors, Cocoa Brown and Antique Gray. The shape was San Marino.

Casual California

Vernonware produced the Casual California pattern in the San Marino shape. The pattern came in a variety of colors and was in production from 1950 to 1956.

Chintz

The Vernonware chintz pattern is very similar to that of mayflower. It has a cream-colored background with a floral design. There is a raised scrollwork around the rim.

Country Cousins

The Country Cousins pattern is on a cream background with six squares of blue, yellow and pink flowers on the smaller pieces and more on the larger. It was done in the Transitional (Year Round) shape. It was produced between 1957 and 1958.

Della Robbia

The Vernonware Della Robbia shape/pattern dates back to 1965. It was one of three patterns in this shape; the other two being, Vernon's Antiqua and Florence. It offered a cream background with autumn colored fruits and flowers. Reminiscent (and most likely patterned after) the "Sculptured" Metlox series, it was equally popular. The pattern was discontinued in 1986.

Desert Bloom

Vernonware Desert Bloom was produced from 1944 to 1954. It has a cream background with delicate flowers of pink, yellow and blue.

Dolores

Vernonware Dolores is a pattern very similar to Chintz and May Flower. It has a cream background and a floral design. It was produced in the Melinda shape and dates from 1942 to 1950.

Early California

The Vernonware Pattern Early California was a solid-colored dinnerware. It was produced from 1936 to 1947 and came in a variety of colors.

Florence

The Vernonware Florence pattern dates back to 1969. It was one of three patterns in this shape; the other two being, Vernon's Antiqua and Della Robbia. It offered a cream background with blue, yellow and green colored fruits and flowers.

Fruit Basket

The Vernonware Fruit Basket pattern was done in the San Fernando Shape. It has a colonial look to it with a cream background, scalloped edge, and brown zig-zag border. In the center is a brown backet with fruit and flowers.

Fruitdale

Vernonware Fruitdale is a pattern of fruits and flowers done in the Melinda shape. The pattern dates from 1943 to 1950.

Gaiety

Vernon Gaiety by Metlox was produced from 1970 to 1975. This brightly colored, handpainted pattern has yellow background with daisy-like white flowers, green stems and orange centers.

Gingham

Gingham by Vernonware is one of the older patterns. It has an off-white background with yellow and green stripes forming a plaid. It was made from 1949 to 1958.

Golden Amber

The Vernonware Golden Amber pattern is from 1968. The color is a dark honey-gold with brown trim, almost the same as the San Fernando pattern. The shape is callen Vernonware.

Hawaiian Coral

Vernonware's Hawaiian Coral dates back to 1952. It was produced in the San Marino shape and is a splattered pattern of brown, yellow and green on a cream background.

Heavenly Days

Vernonware's Heavely Days is like Tickled Pink only in torquoise instead of pink. It has a white, speckled background with torquoise squares with brown dashes and crosses across the face.

Heyday

The Vernonware Heyday pattern was done in the San Marino shape. It features a criss-cross pattern of green and brown on a speckled beige background.

Hibiscus

Vernonware Hibiscus was done in the San Fernando shape. It is a hand-tinted transfer design of small yellow flowers with a scalloped border and brown trim and accents. The pattern was produced from 1944 to 1954.

Homespun

Homespun by Vernonware is one of the older patterns. It has an off-white background with yellow, rust and green stripes forming a plaid. It was made from 1949 to 1958.

Lei Lani

Vernonware Lei Lani is one of Don Blandings designs. Produced in the San Marino shape in 1947, it is a colorful floral pattern.

Lollipop Tree

The Vernonware Lollipop Tree has a cream-colored background with a spray of blue, green and deep rose colored balloons in the middle. This pattern was done in the Transitional (Year Round) shape around 1957/58.

May Flower

Vernonware's May Flower design sports a display of various colored flowers on a cream background. The pattern dates back to the 1940s. It was discontinued in 1953.

Mexicana

Vernonware produced Mexicana from 1950 to 1955. It was primarily produced in the Montecito shape. It offers a cream background with concentric circles of yellow, red and brown.

Moby Dick

Vernonware Moby Dick was a Rockwell Kent pattern produced from 1939 to 1942. There were four colors offered: dark blue, maroon, Walnut Brown and yellow.

Modern California

Vernonware Modern California dates from 1937 to 1949 and was produced in the Montecito shape. Colors included Azure blue, Pitachio green, Straw yellow and Orchid lavender/pink.

Mojave

Vernonware Mojave was produced from 1952 to 1953. It is done in the San Marino Shape. It has a cream background with yellow, green and brown rings.

Monterey

Vernonware's Monterey pattern was produced from 1942 to 1954. It offers a cream background with a maroon leaf trim.

Nasturtium

Metlox/Vernonware produced Nasturtium from 1972 to 1976. It was made in the San Fernando Shape and features a garland of orange and yellow nasturtiums with green leaves.

Native California

Vernonware's Native California pattern was produced in the Melinda shape. It came is several solid colored pastels and has a scroll-like edge.

Organdie

Organdie is another one of the plaid designs by Vernonware (like Gingham and Homespun). It has a cream background with brown and yellow lines forming a plaid design. It was produced from 1937-1958.

Philodendron

Vernonware produced the Philodendron pattern from 1942 to 1955. It was done in the Melinda shape and is cream colored with green philodendron leaves.

Pink Lady

Vernonware's Pink Lady is a delicate pattern of pink and lavender flowers with green stems on a cream background. The pattern is done in the San Fernando shape and began production in 1960 and was discontinued in 1964.

Raffia

Vernonware Raffia, done in the San Marino shape, was made from 1953 to 1954. It is a hand-painted pattern of henna swirled lines on a green background.

Rose-A-Day

Vernon began producing the Rose-A-Day pattern in 1958. It features a creamy white background with pink roses and green leaves. Some of the serving pieces only have leaves, no roses, making them harder to identify.

Salamina

Vernonware was designed by Rockwell Kent in 1939. It was a hand-tinted pattern and featured the picture of a yound girl from Greenland.

San Fernando

The Vernonware San Fernando pattern has a kind of mustard yellow background with a deep honey brown rim with scalloped edges. A delicate filigree pattern graces the rim.

Santa Barbara

Vernon produced Santa Barbara in the Ultra shape in 1939. It is a mostly brown, hand-tinted transfer print with blue, white and yellow flowers.

Seven Seas

The Vernonware Seven Seas pattern features sail boats on an ivory background. It was done in the San Marino shape and dates to 1954.

Sherwood

Sherwood by Vernonware has a beige background with a display of brown and yellow birch-like leaves. The pattern was produced from 1958 to 1965.

Specialty Ware

Vernonware made a wide variety of specialty pottery. Some commemorated historic events, others depicted historic sites or people and some were just scenic.

Tam O'Shanter

The Vernonware Tam O'Shanter pattern, much like Organdie and Homespun, features various colored lines criss-crossing on a cream background. In this case the colors are rust, green and chartreuse. The pattern was in production from 1949 to 1958.

Tickled Pink

Vernonware's Tickled Pink is like Heavenly Days only in pink instead of torquoise. It has a white, speckled background with pink squares with gray dashes and crosses across the face. The pattern eas produced from 1958 to 1965.

Trade Winds

Vernonware Trade Winds, like Raffia and Barkwood, was done in the San Marino shape. The pattern dates to 1954-1955 and has a cream background with rust and chartrueuse bird of paradise-like flowers.

True Blue

True Blue by Vernonware is done in the San Fernando shape. It has a white background with a scalloped edge. Small light and dark blue flowers alternate around the border. The pattern dates to 1959.

Tweed

The Veronware Tweed pattern follows along the same lines as Organdie, Butterscotch, Homespun and Gingham in that it is a plaid pattern. The colors are yellow and gray on a cream background. It was produced from 1950 to 1954.

Ultra California

I believe this pattern started in the early 1930s and was discontinued sometime in the early 1940s. It is a solid colored pattern done in pastels.

Vernon Rose

Don't you just hate it when a company has more than one pattern with the same name! This Vernon Rose pattern was produced from 1965 to 1979 when Vernonware was a division of Metloz. It is totally different from the Vernon Rose produced in 1944 by Vernon Kilns. This one has a cream background with raised pink roses around the rim.

Vernon Rose

Vernonware's Vernon Rose was done in the San Fernando shape and was in production from 1944 to 1954. It features a scalloped rim with a large yellow rose in the center, brown leaves with pink roses here and there.

Vernon Tulips

Done in the "Vernonware" shape, Vernon Tulips has a blue background with blue and lavendar tulips with green leaves. The pattern was produced from 1971 to 1975.

Vineyard

Vernonware's Vineyard design has a scalloped edge, done in the San Fernando Shape. The background is an off-white with streaks of grayish-blue across it. The border has leaves of gold, green and grayish-blue with torquoise grapes. The pattern was introduced in 1960 and discontinued in 1980.

Winchester '73/Frontier Days

Vernonware produced the Winchester '73 pattern in 1950 to coincide with the release of Universal International's picture of the same name. It was produced until 1953 when the name was changed to Frontier Days, which was produced until 1954.