Setting Moods Since 1871

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 1 The History of The Homer Laughlin China Company® and The Hall China Company® 1897 1927-1929 Homer Laughlin retired The Homer Laughlin China Company hired Frederick and sold his company to his Hurten Rhead, one of the world’s most illustrious bookkeeper, W.E. Wells, his ceramists. The company reached peak employment financial partner, Louis I. Aaron, of 3,500 people at the five Newell plants. 1936 and his partner’s sons. 1904 Frederick Hurten Rhead With no more room in East Liverpool, Homer designed the brightly colored Fiesta® line with 1871 Laughlin’s company began building Plant #4, across the river (and state lines) in Newell, WV; they built a a signature concentric Brothers Homer and suspension bridge to connect all the plants, too. circle pattern. Shakespeare Laughlin found Laughlin Brothers Pottery in East Liverpool, OH. 1903 1919 1936 The Hall China Company Having purchased Goodwin Hall China introduced was founded by Robert Pottery (which meant a second its own line of Hall in East Liverpool, OH. plant), Hall China quickly became dinnerware. the world’s largest producer of 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 1 2 3 COLORS & PATTERNS AMERIWHITE® IVORY BODY Bosque® ................... 14 Alexa® ...................... 52 Americana ................. 74 Brownfield™ ............... 18 Aurora™ .................... 58 Carolyn ..................... 78 Cottage™ ................... 22 Kensington™ .............. 62 Empire ...................... 82 Fiesta® ...................... 26 Pristine® .................... 66 FlipSide® ................... 86 Fresco ...................... 32 Gothic® ..................... 90 Retro ........................ 36 Lyrica® ...................... 96 Sepia™/Pesto®/Indigo™ .. 44 Nadia™ ................... 102 Narrow Rim ............. 106 RE-21® ................... 110 Rolled Edge ............. 114 Seville® ................... 120 2 1948 A peak production year—over 10 million dozen pieces of ware made by 3,000 workers. 1988 2010 Marcus (Pete) Aaron II became the president The Homer Laughlin China of The Homer Laughlin China Company when Company acquired Hall China. 2013 his father, M.L. Aaron, retired, which meant that The HLC family of companies Elizabeth McIlvain became the first the company was now being run by the fourth was born. woman president in The Homer generation of each family. Laughlin China Company history. 2000-2010 2010 With a 12-acre factory under one roof, 125 employees, The Homer Laughlin China and six state-of-the-art fast-fire kilns producing ware Company acquired Hall China. that’s uniform and 32.2% stronger, Hall had firmly established itself as a leader in the industry. HALL CHINA 4 65 ACCESSORIES COLLECTIONS APPLICATIONS Café Robusta™ ......... 128 Copper .................... 156 Beverage Service ...... 176 Cups & Mugs ........... 132 Foundry™ ................ 160 Buffetware ............... 180 Unique .................... 140 SoHo ...................... 166 Cook & Serve ........... 184 Studio ..................... 170 Condiments, Sauces & More ................... 188 Ramekins & Soufflés ..192 Soup, Salad & Pasta .. 196 Healthware™ ............ 200 3 “OUR ROOTS ARE HERE, OUR GROWTH HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE, AND OUR HEARTS WILL NEVER LEAVE HERE.” 4 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. 5 GENUINE MANUFACTURER™ A Genuine Manufacturer™ is a company that makes No other foodservice dinnerware company of its own high-quality products in its own factory. Homer Laughlin’s size operating in the United Homer Laughlin is a Genuine Manufacturer, and States can claim the Genuine Manufacturer that is a rare and desirable thing. designation. Most dinnerware companies today aren’t dinnerware manufacturers. They don’t Think of crusty, hearty homemade bread actually make what they sell. made with natural, wholesome ingredients— it just can’t compare to the ordinary loaves on Homer Laughlin and Hall China have never grocery shelves. stopped manufacturing—through feast and famine, war and peace. We make durable, In a very real sense, our dinnerware is beautiful foodservice dinnerware in a wealth of homemade. Of course we fire our clay in colors, patterns, and styles—and have for more state-of-the-art kilns. Of course we make our than a century. ware in molds to ensure consistency. Of course we’re using 3D prototyping. We’ve spent the last century making our 37-acre manufacturing facility in Newell, West Virginia, one of the most modern in the world. But then there are our people, the pottery- making wizards and ceramics scientists who keep an eye on the process. Our people who do the fine finishing and decoration of our products by hand. Our people whose pride and passion for their work are ingredients in every plate, bowl, cup, and platter. 6 WHAT MAKES colors the same throughout your order? Are the bottom unglazed foot-rings GENUINE QUALITY? polished and smooth so they won’t scratch a table or snag a tablecloth? DURABILITY The answers at Homer Laughlin are yes. The strength to withstand day after day of fast handling, dishwashing, stacking, and As a Genuine Manufacturer™ with silverware abrasion … without damage. more than 140 years of experience and extensive production capabilities, VITRIFICATION Homer Laughlin offers the broadest Vitrified china results when the clay goes line of commercial dinnerware, through a single-firing process at a high with hundreds of patterns, dozens of temperature, making it nonabsorbent, distinguishing colors, and 17 shapes, nonporous, hard, smooth and lustrous, 11 of which are proprietary. and strong. ATTENTION TO DETAIL Ask yourself: Is the pattern consistent on all pieces? Are the shapes symmetrical? Are the 7 CUSTOM CAPABILITY Because we make our products ourselves, we can help you create the dinnerware you want— your colors, your shapes, your style, your logo.

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