Homer Laughlin:Oven Serve Casserole Embossed Red Yellow 3 Pieces

Homer Laughlin Oven Serve Casserole with under plate Embossed Red Yellow Flowers with green and black leaves red trim.. This casserole come with a under plate, casserole has some minor defects from age BUT than who hasn’t at this age. .Some dark spotting on the inside of the lid a few flea bit chips on the rim of the lid and a few spots on the outside of the bowl 8 1/2″ in diameter and about 4″ high with the lid on. I don’t see any cracks and no chips on the bowl.The under plate has a small defect on the rim No chips or cracks .All pices are still bright in color.

A LITTLE HISTORY

From the very early 1930?s, Homer Laughlin China was the leading manufacturer of a very successful type of oven-to-table dinnerware. These lines were called Oven-Serve and Kitchen Kraft. The variety of items offered and the many patterns and decaled lines that were made represent an endless field of interest for collectors today.

OvenServe 1933 – OvenServe was introduced in 1933 and was designed by Fredrick Rhead. It consists of a comprehensive series of shapes designed for baking, broiling, chilling, freezing and otherwise preparing food. Various sizes of casseroles, pie plates, dessert dishes and baking dishes were made in OvenServe. In order to provide a perfect table settings, cups, saucers and three sizes of serving plates were produced. OvenServe was made in Orange (called Pumpkin by collectors), Melon Yellow, Ivory and Ivory with decorations. Quaker Oats ordered such huge quantities of OvenServe that the Homer Laughlin Company could not keep up and pieces such as ramekins and French casseroles were farmed out to Taylor, Smith and Taylor. It was a common practice for potteries to help each other out when they received very large orders. The OvenServe patent number 346,279 was on filed July 31, 1933.