1940s GREAT SMOKY MTNS (Artist: R. Schepe) Blue Vernon Kilns Plate* Bears

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1940s GREAT SMOKY MTNS (Artist: R. Schepe) Blue Vernon Kilns Plate* Bears:
$24.99

Vernon Kilns Great Smoky Mountains National Park Blue Ultra Collectors Plate 1940s Close-up photos below.

Great Smoky Mountains
National Park:
From Tennessee to North Carolina
Featuring: Black Bears, Bullhead Mountain, Newfound Gap, Mount Le Conte, Laurel Falls, The Loop, Clingman\'s Dome, Rhododendrum, and more!

Vintage Collector\'s Plate
Approximately 10 3/8\" Diameter
Vernon Kilns Ultra Rim Edge Form
Blue on White/Cream Background

Signed Under Glaze By
R. Schepe

Renowned Vernon Kilns Artist

Made by
Vernon Kilns
California Pottery
Los Angeles
ca. 1940s

This is a wonderful, historic, vintage (circa 1940s) decorative collector\'s plate from Vernon Kilns California Pottery featuring the magnificent Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

About Vernon Kilns. Vernon Kilns made collectors plates for hundreds of cities and states in the United States, some organizations and institutions, and some for foreign cities and countries. Vernon Kilns closed its doors permanently in the early 1950s.

According to Bill Stern (2001), Vernon Kilns was one of the well known \"Big Five\" of the Southern California Pottery group (p. 42, California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism). Please see Maxine Feek Nelson\'s Collectible Vernon Kilns: Identification and Value Guide for more information about Vernon Kilns California Pottery.

This plate depicts a variety of the landmarks (please see photos below), including:

The Loop
Laurel Falls
Skyway to Clingman\'s Dome
Mount Le Conte
Black Bears
Newfound Gap Highway

The back of the plate is inscribed under glaze with the wording:

Made expressly
for
Ogle\'s Crafts of the Smokies
Gatlinburg
In the Smokies
Tennessee
(Only shop in Gatlinburg operated
by Natives of Gatlinburg)
Plate designed by
Vernon Kilns
U.S.A.

The vintage transfer plate has the Vernon Kilns \"Ultra\"-style rim depicting rhododendrum flowers.

Condition. The plate is in excellent conditon with no chips, cracks, or restorations. The transfer print is dark and sharp.

... A highly desirable plate for Vernon Kilns collectors, California Pottery collectors, collectors of Tennessee and North Carolina historical memorabilia, collectors of national park memorabilia, and collectors of advertising & marketing memorabilia (Ogle\'s Crafts fo the Smokies).

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