1933-1943 Halls China Co. 'Autumnal" Tea Pitcher-USA

Hall China Company "Autumnal" Refrigerator-Ware Tilt Ball Ceramic Pitcher
USA made by Hall China Company between 1933-1943 for The Jewel Tea Company. (1899-1981)
in the Chicago Area.

Hall China Company first began production in 1903 in East Liverpool, Ohio making utilitarian wares like jugs, bedpans, and mugs.
Robert Hall died just a year after launching the company. One of his eight children, Robert Taggart Hall, took over the company and almost immediately began developments to introduce the single-fire process, which had first been used centuries earlier by Chinese potters during their Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). His aim was to change from the two-firing manufacturing method; the first biscuit firing and then the glost firing. With the help of staff chemists and ceramic engineers, Hall experimented from 1904 until 1911, when a success was achieved. The new process fused together the white body, color and glaze when it was fired at a temperature of 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit.
The new glazes allowed the creation of brilliant colors never before seen on American china: 47 colors developed for the new process, which allowed for rapid expansion of the company and its product selections. After lukewarm growth with its new housewares lines in the 1910's, the company tried designing and selling decorated teapots in the mid 1920's. Hall China started to produce a range of ware exclusively for the Jewel Tea Company which operated the Jewel supermarket chain in the Chicago area. Jewel started using Hall teapots as premiums, and then expanded the promotion to include its own line of distinctive Hall dinnerware and kitchenware called Hall Superior. Customers could purchase Jewels goods through an authorized Jewel Route-person known in Chicago as the "Jewel Man," a door-to-door salesman employed by the Jewel Tea Company. This is where the collector's nickname "Jewel Tea Man" originated. The Hall China Company's Autumnal pattern began in 1933 when the company created an autumnal-decorated bowl for the Jewel Tea Company as a premium. The pattern became exclusive to Jewel Tea in 1933, and the Hall China Company made the pattern for the Jewel Home Shopping Service. Customers could purchase the new "Autumnal Pattern" from their Jewel Man. In the 1940's the teapot business began to dwindle so Hall focused more on dinnerware sets with matching patterns. In 1943, Hall officially named their Autumnal Design "Autumn" (name changed again in 1969 to "Autumn Leaf.")
The Jewel Home Shopping Service was phased out of the Jewel Companies in 1981 which ended the "Autumn Leaf" design.

THE LOGO ON BOTTOM:
"Tested and Approved by Mary Dunbar-Jewel Homemakers Institute"
Mary Dunbar was a fictitious name used for the director of the Jewel Homemakers’ Institute. The institute was organized by Jewel Tea Company in 1924 with Mrs. Mary Hartson as director (her maiden name was Dunbar).
This division was established to ensure the quality of Jewel products and to ensure the satisfaction of Jewel Tea Company customer standards. Testing of grocery and household articles for purity, durability and serviceability were completed before offering them for sale. This was the stamp of "Consumer Approval" and came with a guarantee. This would be a 1920's companies way of quality control and a visual feature and benefit to help the "Jewel Man's" sales pitch door to door.
In 1926, Mrs. Leone Carroll assumed directorship of the Jewel Homemakers’ Institute. She was Jewel’s first woman executive and served as Mary Dunbar until 1943.


No cracks or chips
Has a few light discolor spots and some gold trim lightly faded
No odors Overall Great Condition!
Weighs 3 lbs 3 oz
9" Tall and Spout to Handle is 9" Wide

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