Metlox Potteries

Metlox Potteries in Manhattan Beach, California, was founded by Theodore C. Prouty and his son Willis in 1927. The company made ceramic fittings for neon signs. In 1931 it started manufacturing dinnerware; by the mid-1940s, some dishes were hand-painted. Ownership changed when Evan K. Shaw bought the firm in 1946. Metlox bought molds and the […]