I loved Melmac, once... long ago.
The vibrant colors and streamlined shapes are appealing, but I find it rather unpleasant to use and handle-- doesn't have enough heft... not appealing to the touch... sounds clatter-y when handled (it has a toy-ish quality--- you feel as though you're a guest at a five year old's tea party).
I suppose it'd be useful for picnics and the like, where light weight and durability take precedence over all else.
If only Melmac dinnerware was made of porcelain, instead of Melmac-- now, THERE you'd have something.
Just Russel Wright
Oh, and those plates where kids do a drawing and then send them off to have them transfered to a melmac dinner plate! Whenever I see them at a thrift store I have to buy them. They are great examples of outsider art, some are simply amazing. I have a nice little collection of ones I've come across in addition to the ones I did as a kid. I got mine back when my grandparents passed. I plan on having our son do some real soon.
Ditto
Love Russel Wright! My grandparents had a pair of his groovy clamshell metal outdoor chairs. Loved those, the red and white (or turquiose and white) ones that looked like a big ol' 1950's Cadillac. Sadly, by the time they'd both passed away the chairs been sitting in a damp cellar too long and were too rusty to save. I would have loved to have them. We used to sit in them every summer on Cape Cod.
Here's a couple of examples
The dark green celery long bowl is Bootonware.
The large footed reddish bowl is Prolon.
The wide pink serving bowl (perfect for cereal!) is Newport by Westinghouse.
The grey splatter bowl is Texas Ware.
The two different rimless splatter bowls are Alexander Barna for Apollo Ware.
The greenish splatter bowl with the small handles is unmarked.
This is the kind of stuff I have for everyday use.
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