Description:
According to Suzanne Flynt, Curator of the Memorial Hall Museum, Richard Wilby and Gordon Johnston ran the Turnip Yard in Deerfield from around 1946-1952, making a line of alumnium and ceramic wares including jam pots and cassseroles. Although the first ceramic pieces were made in Deerfield, the costs were too high and the company soon began to purchase their stoneware dishes from outside Boston. In 1952, Richard Wilby sold his share of the company to Johnston. The Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, MA, has casserole, marmalade jars, and small vessels with aluminum covers and/or under plates, as well as enameled copper ash trays and bowls by Turnip Yard. PVMA Library also has an undated magazine advertisement for "Three Items Combining Colorful, Handmade Pottery with Handwrought 'Argental'" (covered baker and tray, marmalade set, and jam jar) sold through "M. Wille - Art Goods, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York 10, New York." Small, circular copper dish with canted sides and slight circular hump to the center, decorated with light green, dark green, white, clear, and light blue enamels in a random pattern, the reverse is undecorated, and is stamped in the center "TURNIP YARD/DEERFIELD-MASS." and within the mark are the conjoined letters of "M" and "W". Condition: There is a small chip in the enamel on the surface of the dish.
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