Bidspirit auction | A Large Collection of Franciscan

A Large Collection of Franciscan Desert Rose Earthenware Tableware and Glassware - Bring what you need to pack this stuff up. This extensive service of earthenware tableware is in the Desert Rose pattern, featuring relief-molded woody vine borders with hand-painted pink flowers and green leaves. The collection represents various production periods and includes pieces made in the United States and England. Visible marks include a printed circular stamp reading AN AUTHENTIC HAND DECORATED CLASSIC BY Franciscan DISHWASHER AND MICROWAVE SAFE Made in Staffordshire, England, a printed circular mark reading FRANCISCAN HAND DECORATED MADE IN CALIFORNIA U.S.A. GLADDING, McBEAN & CO. OVEN-SAFE, and a printed oval mark reading Franciscan MADE IN U.S.A. OVEN SAFE / COLOR FAST EARTHENWARE with a date code J3-72. Some mugs bear a printed mark reading FRANCISCAN Desert Rose DISHWASHER, FREEZER AND MICROWAVE SAFE. The service consists of dinner plates, salad plates, bread and butter plates, rimmed soup bowls, fruit bowls, various mugs, teacups and saucers, a teapot with lid, a covered casserole dish, a gravy boat with an attached underplate, oval serving platters, a cream pitcher, a sugar bowl with lid, and a 2003 calendar plate. Also included are several clear glass tumblers decorated with matching floral motifs and a boxed cheese plane with a ceramic handle reading FRANCISCAN. You must come pay, load and remove during the pickup window of Wednesday, Sept. 16 from Noon to 7 pm at the home in Blacklick, OH. No exceptions! No sales tax collected on this auction. If you don’t bring help, or come too late to get all your winnings we will not refund you, instead I will read you this line reminding you that we asked you to come on time and bring help.