Blue Ridge (Southern Potteries, Inc.)

Southern Potteries was founded in 1917 in Erwin, Tennessee. The company made hotel ware and semivitreous dinnerware. Pieces were decorated with decals from 1917 to 1938, then the factory started using hand-painted decoration. Hundreds of different patterns were made. Underglaze hand-painted wares were marked Blue Ridge. The company closed in 1957. It is difficult to […]