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Catalina Beverage Set
circa 1930s
Earthenware
8 x 9 x 7 in.
Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
1998.29
William Wrigley Jr., the chewing gum tycoon, founded Catalina Clay Products, which for ten years produced brick, tile, tableware, and decorative pottery on Santa Catalina Island, twenty-six miles off the Southern California coast. Until 1931, Wrigley insisted on using the local dark brown and red clays found on the island; however, this clay body chipped easily. After Wrigley’s death in 1932, white clay from mainland California was combined with the local clay, until finally only white clay was used. Glazes were made with local minerals mined on the island, as on the Catalina blue pitcher and cups seen here. At first, wares were sold in Avalon, Hollywood, Los Angeles, and in the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix. Dinnerware and artware were sold through department and jewelry stores. In 1937, Catalina Clay Products, including all equipment, stock, molds, and trademarks, was sold to Gladding McBean & Co. (of Glendale and Hermosa Beach, California), who continued to produce artware and dinnerware shapes for their Catalina Pottery line until 1942.
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