Franciscan Apple Pattern Earthenware Tableware

Updated September 22, 2026

This set of American hand-painted earthenware features the Apple pattern, decorated with underglaze red apples, green leaves, and brown woody branches on a cream ground. The pieces include 12 dinner plates, seven lunch plates, seven bowls,12 super bowls, 12 saucers, nine bread plates, 12 fruit plates, nine water cups, and 15 coffee and tea cups. Various backstamps are present, including a circular mark reading Hand Decorated Franciscan Ware Made in California U.S.A. and an oval mark reading Franciscan Earthenware Made in U.S.A. Interpace. The service is completed by a covered sugar bowl, creamer, oblong platter, covered server, and an uncovered serving bowl. Dinner plates measure 10.75 inches in diameter, and the oblong platter measures 13 inches in length. The set is in good condition with occasional minor glaze crazing and variations in hand-painting. Small stilt marks are visible on the undersides from the firing process. No chips or cracks.

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