Vtg 1970's Iron Mountain Stoneware 7" Saucer Lookout Mountain MCM Jim Kaneko Design Signed
This was my set from 1978. I am listing many pieces of this stunning Lookout Mountain pattern.
There is a total of eleven 7" saucers in excellent condition. Each saucer is sold SEPARATELY.
All are signed "M". All five are embossed IMS with their logo.
Freezer To Oven Dinnerware, Dishwasher Proof
History: Iron Mountain Stoneware (IMS) opened in 1965 and operated in the community of Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee for 27 years, until it's closing in 1992. Nancy Patterson opened the factory in a partnership with Albert Mock and hired local community residents to be the employees in the manufacturing process. Ms. Patterson married Harold (Joe) Lamb during the early years of the company and he assisted her in creating a successful business using his experience as a ceramics machinery engineer. During the time the company was in operation, Nancy Patterson was joined in the artistic creations by her sister, Sally Patterson, and James (Jim) Kaneko, an art professor from the American River College. Nancy, Sally, and Jim produced many one-of-a-kind pieces by painting hand-built pieces with glazes of their own creation. The company was reportedly producing eleven different patterns of stoneware in 1975, but later in 1988, a factory seconds pricelist listed twenty-three different patterns, six of which were produced only every other year. The company ceased production and the contents of the operation were sold at auction in 1992.
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