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White coffeepot
Never seen white before or a coffeepot that looks like that. Now to have a white coffeepot is just amazing. You can knock me over with a feather.
Malibu Modern Coffeepot
Yes, I was thrilled to find it, although mine is terribly crazed. I bought it anyway because I had never seen the shape or color before as well. There is another coffee server shape that I have seen, though.
All this talk about Malibu Modern has inspired me to go back and pick up the two-toned pieces I saw if they're still at the antique mall.
Two-toned? Yowsa.
Othium has the other coffeepot posted in her user gallery.
Two-toned? That I've got to see.
Also, when it comes to items like this white coffeepot--which I presume is rare or at least hard-to-find, crazing and minor flaws don't bother me much anymore. Just to document an example--that's most important.
Two-toned Malibu
Alas, I returned to the mall to pick the two-toned Malibu Modern... and it was gone! It shall remain a mystery until someone gets a photograph.
That Glassware
Can you tell me more about the glassware in the photo. I assume it was part of the line, right? What colors was it produced in? I can't make out what is behind the yellow and maroon. Also, were there any juice glasses or other sizes besides the water tumbler? Inquiring minds want to know!
~Scott
sllab studios / sllab modern
http//www.sllab.net
Great collection
You do have an impressive selection of Malibu Modern! I think my favorite piece is the water pitcher--something about that shape is so fun. The salt and peppers are fun too--you have so many!
Elsewhere on the site we were discussing the relationship between Eva Zeisel's Riverside China designs and those of Malibu Modern. I think its fairly clear, at least to me, that perhaps the only thing that was borrowed/adapted by Hollydale for their Malibu Modern line was Eva's creamer and possibly the sugar bowl designs. They clearly have been changed though because they are flatter, not rounded like Eva's shapes, and the creamer is more conventional with the addition on of a handle.
-Earl
Malibu
Thanks for sharing this fantastic set of Malibu Modern. It's exciting to see the matching glassware. I'm not very familiar with this line but the water pitcher intrigues me. I think I've seen this pitcher in an antique store before but didn't realize it was Malibu Modern.
~Clyde
White and Black Malibu Modern
Craig, I went back and carefully went over what little I can presently locate on Malibu Modern and Hollydale Potteries. Surprise, surprise! Malibu Modern was introduced in White and Black in December 1952.
What's more--there were decorated lines which featured patterns (some--at least one--very cool) that were supposed to be mixed and matched with solid colors.
I have checked Lehners and Jack Chipman's books and I've found nothing on Hollydale Potteries. So I will write up a brief history about what I know of the pottery sometime soon and post it.
So, that brings to at least 10 solid colors in Malibu Modern:
Driftwood Red
Mist Grey
Grotto Green
Chartreuse
Golden Yellow
Sunset Pink
Desert Purple
Sable Brown
White
Black
One article from 1950 mentions leading colors as "Sea Spray, Mist Gray [sic], and Sunlit Yellow." I won't speculate right now on what this means, except to say, maybe--just maybe--there are more than 10 solid colors.
What's interesting is that the company had a fire on March 10, 1952 and the White was introduced to the trade in December of that year. Finding that unusual coffeepot in White dates the coffeepot to no earlier than 1952. I'd expect that black coffeepots in that shape must also exist.
Could the shape have been redesigned because they lost the original mold in the fire or...?
The mysteries of Hollydale and Malibu Modern want to be unraveled!
White Coffee Pot
I went digging some more and found A picture of a set of White Malibu Modern--with coffee pot AND warmer (candle included). From a May 1953 publication.
"We are not waiting for the summer shows to bring new items to our customers! The Coffee Pot and Warmer (candle included) is the first of these new Malibu Modern accessories. Watch for more next month!"
So apparently this coffee pot was 'new' in 1953.