4 Metlox Grape Salads
Updated September 5, 2026
| Lot number | 229 |
| Auction | Hancock Estate Auction |
| Date | September 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM CDT |
| Auction house | Harrison Auction & Realtor |
| Location | Gracemont, Oklahoma |
FOUR METLOX POPPYTRAIL SCULPTURED GRAPE SALAD PLATES Four vintage California earthenware salad or dessert plates in the Sculptured Grape pattern by Metlox Poppytrail. Each has a scalloped, gently ruffled edge and a wide embossed border of blue grape clusters, green and gray-green grape leaves, small yellow-gold blossom sprigs, and curling gold-brown tendrils, all hand-painted over the raised relief on a warm off-white ground, with a soft olive-brown brushed line following the rim. The centers are plain, giving the raised border room to frame the well. This is the same pattern as the cup and saucer sets, bread and butter plates, and small plates offered separately in this sale, so bidders assembling a service should watch those lots as well. All four plates show overall fine crazing in the glaze together with soft gray utensil marks and general use wear in the centers, and the brushed rim line is rubbed thin in places. A practical set for salads, dessert, or luncheon service, and equally suited to a plate rack or hutch display. Sold as a lot of four plates. Description Four matching round plates with scalloped edges and a raised grape-and-leaf border in relief. Glazed earthenware, hand-painted over the embossed decoration; plain white glazed undersides with a low foot ring. Diameter measures in the range of approximately 7-1/2 inches per the tape-measure photograph. The tape hook is resting on the table above the plate rather than hooked on the plate edge, so this is a close estimate only and bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs. Reference sizing for this pattern lists the salad plate at about 7-1/2 inches, which is consistent with what is pictured, but nothing beyond the photographs is claimed. Undersides carry a circular printed backstamp reading "POPPYTRAIL BY METLOX - MADE IN CALIFORNIA"; the word "METLOX" and the small marks flanking it are partly rubbed and only partly legible in the photographs, so only what can be read is quoted here. Attribution note Metlox Pottery operated in Manhattan Beach, California, founded in 1927 by T. C. Prouty and his son Willis Prouty, first making outdoor ceramic signs and then dinnerware under the Poppytrail name from the early 1930s until the plant closed in 1989. Replacements, Ltd. catalogs this pattern as Sculptured Grape by Metlox in the Poppytrail-Vernon line, discontinued, with production running roughly from 1963 to 1986, and describes it as raised blue grapes with green leaves and vines on a white ground. Related colorways exist, including an all-white version and a pink grape version, so buyers matching an existing service should compare colors closely against the photographs. Identification and dating here are offered as the consignor's photo-based opinion and are not guaranteed. Bid on the item as pictured. Condition Used vintage condition, sold as-is. All four plates show overall fine crazing in the glaze, most visible across the plain centers. Gray utensil scratchi
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