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Now Roseville Pottery collectors can shop our Roseville Pottery for their favorite pattern without having to browse through patterns you may not be interested in. Links to the new categories are below. We have maintained the same grouping for patterns A-L and M-Z but if you go to the pattern name you will find specific categories for every Roseville Pottery pattern.
The Pinecone Modern pattern was introduced by Roseville Pottery in 1953. The pattern included 51 shapes including baskets, bowls, planters, vases, ect. The easiest way to identify the Roseville Pinecone Modern pattern is by the shape number. All Pinecone Modern pieces are in the 400 series. Roseville chose to renumber the Pinecone Modern pattern even though numerous shapes were reissues from the identical, original Roseville Pinecone line introduced in 1935.
Most Pinecone collectors actively seek the 400 series Modern pieces with the same level of interest as original Pinecone. In fact, many collectors find the green version of Pinecone Modern more attractive than the original green pinecone primarly because of more vivid coloring and less glaze runs and drips with the later version.
Due to the short period of production for Pinecone Modern, many of the 400 series shapes are harder to find that the original forms. Roseville produced Pinecone Modern from 1953 until the factory was sold in the summer of 1954.
Pinecone Modern is marked with the raised molded Roseville USA mark and with the shape number and size. Some examples are also marked with a die-impressed or raised "Pine Cone". Examples of some of the variations of bottom marks are shown below.
 
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About Roseville Pottery
The Roseville Pottery Company was founded in 1890. Roseville initially produced simple utilitarian ware such as flower pots, stoneware, umbrella stands, cuspidors, and limited painted ware. In 1900, Roseville Rozane became the first high quality art pottery line produced by Roseville.
In 1904, Frederick Rhead became art director for Roseville pottery. Rhead was responsible for the production of scarce art pottery lines such as Fudji, Crystalis, Della Robbia and Aztec.
In the early teens as demand for the more expensive, hand-crafted art pottery declined Roseville pottery shifted production to more commercially produced pottery. Roseville's ability to nimbly adapt to market conditions was one of the potteries' greatest attributes as Roseville was continually able to produce the most popular patterns and styles compared to their immediate competitors.
In 1919, Frank Ferrel succeeded Harry Rhead (Frederick's brother) as art director for Roseville pottery. Frank Frerrel and George Krause combined to produce many of today's most popular Rosevilly pottery patterns including
Dahlrose, Rosecraft, Hexagon, Ferella.Sunflower, Blackberry, Cherry Blossom and Wisteria.
Roseville pottery introduced Pinecone in 1935. Pinecone became the most successful and highest volume pattern produced during the existence of Roseville pottery. The pattern includes over 75 different shapes in blue, brown, and green.
World War II necessitated another production change for Roseville pottery. During this time period, Roseville introduced such patterns as Fuchsia, Cosmos, Columbine, White Rose, Bittersweet and Zephyr Lily. While these patterns were still the best quality art pottery in the market at this time, it was not enough to save the company. Roseville Pottery ceased operations in 1954.
Throughout Roseville's days of production, its versatility and innovativeness served to keep the company at the forefront of the various decorating styles and buying public trends. Even to this day, Roseville pottery still represents the most widely known and most collectible art pottery ever produced.
Roseville Pottery Marks
The Roseville Pottery Company used many different marks during its existence. The earliest marks used by Roseville pottery were the die-impressed Rozane marks and the wafer marks (Photo 1) associated with the various Rozane patterns. In 1923, Rosevilly pottery started using the blue ink stamp Rv mark that is often seen on patterns such as Roseville Carnelian I, Rosecraft Panel, Rosecraft Vintage, etc. (Photo 2).
Roseville pottery patterns produced between 1927 and 1935 were marked with only paper or foil labels and sometimes with the corresponding shape number and size. Roseville patterns with paper or foil labels include such notable lines as Baneda, Blackberry, Cherry Blossom, Falline, Falline, Futura, Jonquil, Monticello and Sunflower. (Photo 3).
In 1936, Roseville pottery started using the die-impressed trademark Roseville and the corresponding shape number and size in script. Beginning in 1940, Roseville pottery started marking pieces with the more commonly seen, raised Roseville USA along with the corresponding shape number and size. (Photos 4 and 5).
Rosevilly pottery patterns such as Pinecone that was produced over a long period of time often confuse new Roseville pottery collectors, due to the variety of marks used during the pattern's years of production. For example, is possible to find Roseville Pinecone either unmarked; marked with the die-impressed trademark Roseville with the shape number and size; or marked with the raised Roseville USA along with the shape number and size.
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Roseville Pottery Marks
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Our friend Tom recently contacted us with some comments and questions regarding Roseville jardinieres and pedestals.  The following is an excerpt of Tom's email:
I have loved and collected Roseville for a long while now. I have never been able to determine something about the Roseville jardiniere and pedestals. Especially as regards the middle period jars and peds, sunflower, blackberry and wisteria. If you consult the references (and I have all the ones you mentioned in your latest excellent article!), you will get conflicting information. Some list an 8 inch, 10 inch, and 12 inch jardiniere and pedestal. Some only list 8 and 10 inch jar and peds and a solo twelve inch jardiniere only. Having never seen the twelve inch jar in sunflower, blackberry, or wisteria I am wondering if it has its own pedestal that is larger than the ten inch jard's pedestal. Or if it was made without a matching pedestal like some of the smaller jardinieres? Or does the twelve inch jardiniere have the same base size as the ten inch jar? Or does it have a bigger base but still is able to sit on the ten inch jard's pedestal. In other words is the ten inch pedestal interchangeable with a ten OR a twelve inch jardiniere? I would like to get the largest jar and ped in the middle period patterns, but would love getting to the bottom of this question before seriously starting purchasing. I have a perfect ten inch jar and ped in the blackberry pattern and love it. But, I am thinking i have seen a larger set about twenty years ago. Or, was I just imagining it?
Tom brings up some very good questions; most of which I can't definitively answer. And he is correct in stating that the available Roseville reference books contradict one another regarding jardiniere and pedestal sizes for various middle period patterns.
I believe that I have seen 12" jardinieres in the Sunflower and Blackberry patterns but not in Wisteria. I don't know the answer to the question of if the 12" jardinieres had their own pedestals or simply used the larger 10" pedestal. My suspicion is that the 12" jardinieres were made without a matching pedestal.
I do not believe the 12" jardiniere has the same base diameter as the 10" jardiniere. However, in my opinion, it is likely that 12" jardinieres were sold by Roseville with the larger pedestal. I believe this because over the years we have purchased several estate collections with relatively odd sized Weller and Roseville jardiniere and pedestals where the family indicated the sets had been together since they were purchased in the 1920s or 1930s. Some of these jardiniere and pedestal sets were so rare that I find it very unlikely the original owner married the pieces together later.
I'm sure some of our experienced Roseville collectors can help shed some light on these jardiniere and pedestal shape and size discrepancies. Clearly the Roseville factory stock pages are incomplete and the available reference books inconsistent.
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Most Roseville Pottery collectors define "middle period" Roseville Pottery as the lines that were produced between 1920 and 1938. This time line for middle period Roseville patterns covers the years of the company presidencies of Russell Young and Anna Young.
The following Roseville pottery patterns are from the middle period of production and are organized in order of the year each line was introduced by the pottery. Mark Bassett's Introducing Roseville Pottery provides the most accurate information regarding the year each pattern was introduced.
Roseville Pottery middle period patterns introduced between 1920 and 1930
- Dogwood I (textured)
- Rozane Patterns
- Sylvan
- Vista
- Rosecraft Colors
- Imperial I
- Lustre
- Volpato
- Corinthian
- Florentine
- Juvenile
- La Rosa
- Rosecraft Hexagon
- Victorian Art
- Dogwood II (smooth)
- Carnelian I (drip glazes)
- Rosecraft Panel
- Lombardy
- Tuscany
- Normandy
- Cremona
- Dahlrose
- Futura
- Carnelian II (mottled glazes)
- Savona
Roseville Pottery middle period patterns introduced between 1930 and 1938
- Imperial II (glazes)
- Earlam
- Ferella
- Sunflower
- Montacello
- Windsor
- Jonquil
- Baneda
- Blackberry
- Cherry Blossom
- Tourmaline
- Artcraft
- Falline
- Wisteria
- Laurel
- Topeo
- Luffa
- Russco
- Pine Cone
- Velmoss
- Morning Glory
- Orian
- Clemana
- Primrose
- Moderne
- Moss
- Thornapple
- Dawn
- Ixia
- Poppy
- Teasel
- Fuchsia
- Iris
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| Identifying Roseville Repros, By Pamela Wiggins. |
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This is one of many reproduction marks found on fake Roseville Pottery imports. Notice the shape of the "R" in Roseville and the way the letters are straight rather than slanted slightly to the right. While the absence of U.S.A. is a clue to reproduction marks in some cases, it's not always an indicator. You will see a photo of a genuine Roseville U.S.A. mark in the next photo
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Roseville Marks
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The first thing to remember is that anyone can slap a label on something. It doesn't mean ANYTHING to have the words "Roseville" or "Roseville, U.S.A" (Roseville USA is on some of the early fakes) on the bottom of your piece. Even pieces that were not originally marked have Roseville on the bottom to fool people who don't know the difference. In many cases it's difficult to tell just from the mark, you need to get to know the glazes where it becomes very obvious. I'm sure I could tell the difference blind-folded and with time so will you. Never-the-less, I have included some examples below
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