4 Metlox Grape Dinners
Updated September 5, 2026
| Lot number | 242 |
| Auction | Hancock Estate Auction |
| Date | September 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM CDT |
| Auction house | Harrison Auction & Realtor |
| Location | Gracemont, Oklahoma |
FOUR MORE METLOX POPPYTRAIL SCULPTURED GRAPE LARGE PLATES - SCRIPT MARK A second set of four vintage California earthenware large plates in the Sculptured Grape pattern by Metlox Poppytrail, matching the four offered in the preceding lot. Each plate has a scalloped edge and the pattern's wide embossed border of blue grape clusters, deep green and sage-green grape leaves, curling gold-brown tendrils, and small yellow blossom sprigs, hand-painted over the raised relief on an off-white ground, with a brown-olive line following the scalloped rim. The centers are plain with faint throwing rings, and the undersides are plain glazed white with a broad low foot ring. Between this lot and the preceding plate lot a buyer can put together eight matching large plates, which is a genuine service for a table, and they coordinate with the other Sculptured Grape lots in this sale, including the rimmed bowls, the salad and bread plates, the cups and cup and saucer sets, the large oval platter, the gravy and butter pieces, the creamer and sugar, and the shakers. All four plates show heavy overall crazing in the wells with brown and amber staining following the crazing lines, plus utensil scratching and a rubbed rim line. They still serve, and they display well face-out where the border shows, but bidders wanting clean wells should look to the smaller-size lots instead. Sold as a lot of four plates. Description Four large plates with scalloped rims and raised grape, leaf, tendril, and blossom borders in relief; plain centers. Glazed earthenware, hand-painted over the embossed decoration; plain glazed white undersides with broad low foot rings. Each measures approximately 9-1/2 to 10 inches in diameter as read from the tape-measure photograph. The tape hook is resting on top of the plate rim rather than hooked over the edge and the shot is taken at a slight angle, so this is a close estimate only; these plates read essentially the same size as the four in the preceding lot, and bidders needing an exact figure should ask before bidding. Bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs. The undersides carry the script backstamp reading "HAND PAINTED - Sculptured Grape - Poppytrail by METLOX - MADE IN CALIF. U.S.A.", with two lines of finer text between that appear to read "Safe in oven and dishwasher Durable". The "Poppytrail" script line is smeared in printing and the fine-print lines are only partly legible, so those readings are best interpretation rather than certainty. One plate also carries a small hand-inked numeral near the foot ring, possibly "19", that is too indistinct to read with confidence, so no number is claimed. 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 producing dinnerware under the Poppytrail name from the early 1930s until the plant closed in 1989. Replacements, Ltd. catalogs this pattern as Sculpt
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