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SETTING MOODS SINCE 1871 Since 1871, your preferred tableware has been made in America by people who are deeply invested in our company, our products’ integrity, and our community. From the day the Laughlin brothers decided in our company, our products’ integrity, and to form their pottery company in 1871, it was our community. We understand you want the meant to be the community’s company—by best value for your money, so thank you for putting local people to work and making trusting us to provide it—with dinnerware them part of our success. Our roots are here, that is durable and beautiful and made to our growth has taken place here, and our stand the test of time. hearts will never leave here. The towns of Newell, West Virginia, and East Liverpool, The Homer Laughlin China Company®, Ohio; our entire region; and generations now in the hands of its fourth generation of of local pottery makers are all the better owners, is the largest remaining domestic because of the rich clay in the soil of the tableware manufacturer in the United States. upper Ohio River Valley. We have persevered because our founders had a plan 140+ years ago to make the best, This new catalog represents the best of most durable product while providing jobs, both Homer Laughlin and Hall China, which support, and opportunity to the community together form HLC Inc. You’ll find traditional in which we live. favorites, the hottest trends, the simply elegant, and, as always, the opportunity to Thank you for sticking with us through the work with our Custom Design artisans to years. If you’re a new customer, we thank customize your own design. We’ll take your you for joining us. Throughout these pages, ideas, sketches on a paper napkin, or just look for some fun and informative glimpses your dream of the ideal dinnerware and into our company history as it reflects the turn it into the perfect representation of events, trends, and styles of those years your brand. in America. We know and appreciate that quality matters to you. Your preferred tableware is made in America by people who are deeply invested The Homer Laughlin China Company, early 1900s The History of The Homer Laughlin China Company® and The Hall China Company® 1897 1927-1929 1948 Homer Laughlin retired The Homer Laughlin China Company hired Frederick A peak production year—over 10 million dozen 2017 and sold his company to his Hurten Rhead, one of the world’s most illustrious pieces of ware made by 3,000 workers. HLC Inc. is proud to have been bookkeeper, W.E. Wells, his ceramists. The company reached peak employment chosen to represent West Virginia financial partner, Louis I. Aaron, of 3,500 people at the five Newell plants. 1936 1988 2010 in the “Made in America Product and his partner’s sons. 1904 Frederick Hurten Rhead Marcus (Pete) Aaron II became the president The Homer Laughlin China Showcase” as part of The White With no more room in East Liverpool, Homer designed the brightly of The Homer Laughlin China Company when Company acquired Hall China. 2013 House’s “Made in America Week.” colored Fiesta® line with his father, M.L. Aaron, retired, which meant that The HLC family of companies Elizabeth McIlvain became the first Only one company from each of 1871 Laughlin’s company began building Plant #4, across the river (and state lines) in Newell, WV; they built a a signature concentric the company was now being run by the fourth was born. woman president in The Homer the 50 states was selected to be Brothers Homer and suspension bridge to connect all the plants, too. circle pattern. generation of each family. Laughlin China Company history. highlighted in the celebration. Shakespeare Laughlin found Laughlin Brothers Pottery in East Liverpool, OH. 1903 1919 1936 2000-2010 2010 The Hall China Company Having purchased Goodwin Hall China introduced With a 12-acre factory under one roof, 125 employees, The Homer Laughlin China was founded by Robert Pottery (which meant a second its own line of and six state-of-the-art fast-fire kilns producing ware Company acquired Hall China. Hall in East Liverpool, OH. plant), Hall China quickly became dinnerware. that’s uniform and 32.2% stronger, Hall had firmly the world’s largest producer of established itself as a leader in the industry. 1911 decorated teapots. The Hall China Company’s years of research finally yielded a successful lead-free glaze, which created high-quality pottery that only required one firing. TABLE OF CONTENTS HALL CHINA 1 2 3 4 5 6 COLORS & PATTERNS AMERIWHITE® IVORY BODY ACCESSORIES COLLECTIONS APPLICATIONS Brownfield™ ............... 14 Alexa® ...................... 64 Americana ................. 90 Crema Perfecta ........ 144 Colorations™ ............ 170 Beverage Service ...... 198 Colorations™ .............. 18 Aurora™ .................... 70 Carolyn ..................... 94 Cups & Mugs ........... 148 Copper .................... 174 Buffetware ............... 202 Cottage™ ................... 22 Gala™ ....................... 74 Empire ...................... 98 Unique .................... 154 Foundry™ ................ 178 Cook & Serve ........... 206 Fiesta® ...................... 26 Kensington™ .............. 78 FlipSide® ................. 102 Grove ..................... 184 Condiments, Sauces & More ................... 210 Fresco ...................... 32 Pristine® .................... 82 Gothic® ................... 106 SoHo ...................... 188 Ramekins & Soufflés ..214 Quarry ...................... 36 Lyrica® .................... 112 Studio ..................... 192 Soup, Salad & Pasta .. 218 Retro ........................ 40 Nadia™ ................... 118 Trays ...................... 222 Sepia™/Pesto®/Indigo™ .. 48 Narrow Rim ............. 122 Healthware™ ............ 226 Hall China in Sepia/Pesto .. 50 RE-21® ................... 126 SKULL AND VINE ........ 54 Rolled Edge ............. 130 Terrace ...................... 58 Seville® ................... 136 3 “OUR ROOTS ARE HERE, OUR GROWTH HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE, AND OUR HEARTS WILL NEVER LEAVE HERE.” WHAT DOES “LOCAL” MEAN TO YOU? Many of us are making the effort to buy local and support independent businesses in our communities. At The Homer Laughlin China Company®, our thinking is that “local” has an even greater reach—it extends to buying from independent businesses all over our country, from sea to shining sea. It’s the right thing to do. For us: • Local means supporting the local economy through our taxes, payroll, and supply purchases. • Local means taking pride in our American workers—who live in our communities and are passionate about their work and the importance of American-made goods. • Local means developing meaningful relationships with suppliers who are dedicated to their trades—in our community, our region, and all over the USA. For our employees: • Local means working where you live and contributing to your community, state, and regional economies. • Local means a good job and fair wages that help you support yourself and your family. • Local means a deep connection to the work you do, the friends you make, and the quality products you are responsible for. For you: • Local means faster shipping to you with no overseas transportation charges built in. • Local means your dinnerware supplier will have a positive effect on its community as well as our national economy. Over 1,000 American workers make our products for you. • Local means you support an American Genuine Manufacturer™ that is able to minimize waste and promote sustainability through carefully controlled, cleaner production processes. WHERE QUALITY STILL HAS MEANING We’re proud to say, “When you hold a piece of Homer Laughlin ware in your hands, you can tell you’re holding quality.” Its heft, its beauty, its uniformity all tell the story. Quality also comes with control. We own our processes, from earth to table. From design to manufacturing. From the hundreds of color glazes and patterns to the custom embossments and hand-applied decorations we offer. We deliver exactly what you envisioned for your tabletops—and then we deliver it to you faster because we’re right here in the USA. 4 (800) 452-4462 • www.hlcdinnerware.com 5 GENUINE MANUFACTURER™ WHAT MAKES colors the same throughout your order? Are the bottom unglazed foot-rings A Genuine Manufacturer™ is a company that makes No other foodservice dinnerware company of GENUINE QUALITY? polished and smooth so they won’t its own high-quality products in its own factory. Homer Laughlin’s size operating in the United scratch a table or snag a tablecloth? DURABILITY Homer Laughlin is a Genuine Manufacturer, and States can claim the Genuine Manufacturer The answers at Homer Laughlin are yes. The strength to withstand day after day of that is a rare and desirable thing. designation. Most dinnerware companies today fast handling, dishwashing, stacking, and ™ aren’t dinnerware manufacturers. They don’t As a Genuine Manufacturer with silverware abrasion … without damage. Think of crusty, hearty homemade bread actually make what they sell. more than 140 years of experience made with natural, wholesome ingredients— and extensive production capabilities, VITRIFICATION it just can’t compare to the ordinary loaves on Homer Laughlin and Hall China have never Homer Laughlin offers the broadest Vitrified china results when the clay goes grocery shelves. stopped manufacturing—through feast and line of commercial dinnerware, through a single-firing process at a high famine, war and peace. We make durable, with hundreds of patterns, dozens of temperature, making it

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