Vernon Kilns

Vernon Kilns
IndustryCeramic manufacturing
PredecessorPoxon China
Founded1931
FounderFaye G. Bennison
Defunct1958
FateDissolved
Headquarters,
United States
ProductsCeramic art ware and dinnerware
Large bowl manufactured before 1952.

Vernon Kilns was an American ceramic company in Vernon, California, US. In July 1931, Faye G. Bennison purchased the former Poxon China pottery renaming the company Vernon Kilns.[1] Poxon China was located at 2300 East 52nd Street.[2] Vernon produced ceramic tableware, art ware, giftware, and figurines. The company closed its doors in 1958.

Vernon Kilns was one of the "Big Five"[3] California potteries. The other "Big Five" potteries were Metlox Manufacturing Company, Pacific Clay Products, Gladding, McBean & Co., and J.A. Bauer Pottery.

Vernon Kilns, May and Vieve Hamilton art ware
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nelson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Chipman, Jack (1999). Collector's Encyclopedia of California Pottery. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing LTD. p. 243. ISBN 1-57432-037-8.
  3. ^ "Colored Pottery, California Manufacturers Lead the World in Beauty of Design and Coloring". California Magazine of Pacific Business: 16. September 1937.