Mid Century Modern Hanova of Pasadena Lava Enamel Steel Covered Casserole Dish

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Mid Century Modern Hanova of Pasadena Lava Enamel Steel Covered Casserole Dish:
$199.95

1960s HANOVA OF PASADENA Large Covered Casserole Dish

California Modern •Mid-Century Modern

Vintage from the 1960s

Makes a great centerpiece!

14.5\" wide with handles /11.5\" wide without handles

6\" tall with top /3.5\" tall without top

Weighs 4.5 pounds

Enamel on steel

This beautiful yellow-gold casserole dish is 1-of-a-kind due the technique used to create the finish.

Mottled lava glaze finish style on the outside has been referred to as \"Brutalist\".

The base metal is steel & it is finished with porcelain enamel.

The color is a warm golden yellow enamel with a olive-brown base coat.

Still in nice condition after 50 years.

Structurally sound & sturdy

No cracks orrepairs.

There is one small 1/8\" white rough patch at the top of the lid--see last photo. I have not tried to remove it.

A few light scratches on the bottom from use & shelf wear.

The inside of the dish has lost some original shine.

There is a small reddish dot on the bottom (see 2nd to last photo). I have not tried to remove it.

About Hanova of Pasadena:

This company was started in 1962 by Erwin Prust and Bob Hill in Hollywood, CA. This was their retirement \"hobby\". They were the first people to use this enamel technique on steel.

It was a lengthily process to achieve this textured finish which required three coats of enamel, each fired independently at around 1400 degrees. The first coat was a base coat given to the steel after it was cleaned and etched. The next coat was a coat of olive colored enamel, which had an ingredient that would cause the final coat to texture and show the olive color. The final coat would be the primary color of the piece. What made the textured line of products so interesting was that each piece was different as the texturing was random and appeared in the oven.

While Hanova did distribute all throughout the country, they did tend to sell more on the west coast; a good bit was even sold right out the factory’s front garage door. This was never a large operation, they usually only had about 2-3 employees in manufacturing and a handful of sales reps that would go to design shows/showrooms and rep the items.

In 1975, Erwin retired and sold the company to a man who moved it to Ashland, OR and never really got it off the ground. To this day a lot of pieces are unattributed as Hanova since paper tags were used in the early years.
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