Consolidated Martele Line "Five Fruits"

Here are three different Charleton treatments of Consolidated's "Five Fruits" pattern from their Martele offerings.

Carstens of West Germany

Here are a few pieces of Charleton/Carstens pieces. Carstens was a West German pottery manufacturer whose wares are becoming more and more collectible. We found our first piece several years ago and until we actually found a piece with its original Carstens label we had no idea as to the name of the manufacturer.

I recently initiated contact with Forrest Poston, a very knowlegable collector of WG pottery and he replied to my inquiry in part..."This is the first evidence that any W. German pottery was imported directly into the US, although a significant amount went into Canada."

Unknown Maker on Leaf Bowl

Approximately 6" high, this hand painted bowl is the only one we have documented to date. We suspect the blank to be imported, perhaps Scandinavian or Polish.

New decoration on Cambridge Torte Plate

This is the first time we have seen this particular decoration on any Charleton piece. It is the fourth known style of decoration to be found on Cambridge Crown Tuscan torte plates.

Although the decoration is moderately worn it is in decent shape for being sixty years old.