Vintage Abingdon USA Pink Vase with White Flowers, Antique Pottery, Art Deco

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Vintage Abingdon Pink Vase with White Flowers, Antique Pottery, Made in USA, Shabby Chic, Art Deco, 1940's
This sleek yet feminine vase from Abingdon Pottery in Knoxville, IL is a beautiful pink tone with sweet white flowers on its front side. It stands gracefully at almost 10 inches tall and is in excellent vintage condition. It would look gorgeous in any room where there is a desire for a feminine flair, and it easily lends itself to the shabby chic design style, though it is from the 1940's hay day of Art Deco design.
Dimensions:
Overall Height - 9 3/8"
Overall Width - 4 1/4"
Opening Diameter - 1 3/4"
Base Diameter - 3 1/4"
Some Interesting information about Abingdon Pottery:
The Abingdon Sanitary Manufacturing Company was founded in 1908 and produced vitreous china plumbing fixtures. The company introduced the first colored plumbing fixtures in 1928 and made all of the fixtures used at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1933.
To stay in business during the Depression, the company started producing artware in 1934 made out of the same vitreous china. Between 1934 and 1950, over 6 million pieces were produced in 1,000 designs and 149 colors. Clay from Georgia and England, feldspar from South Dakota and ground silica from Illinois were used.
Over 80 percent of the pieces were sprayed, 95 percent made in glossy glaze and in 1941, hand decorating the pieces began. Over 95 percent of the pottery is marked with a mold number and ABINGDON USA. The artware was sold nationwide in fine department stores including Marshall Fields, Gimbals and Wanamakers. An increase in the demand for plumbing fixtures caused the company to stop producing the artware in 1950.