Dixie Dogwood

Isn't this a pretty pattern?

It's called "Dixie Dogwood" (Joni)

It's kinda like Blue Ridge pottery...... but it's different.  

Sometimes it's hard to tell what's what.   If I understand things correctly, some of the designers/artists from the Southern Pottery Inc (Tennessee) who created all the "Blue Ridge" designs, left and went to other potteries in the area, like Stetson.    Once at their new jobs, they continued to handpaint the same type of patterns with just slight differences.  Later, Erwin Pottery reproduced some of the Blue Ridge designs.   To complicate things further, the various potteries marked some of their pieces, but not all.   So, confusion ensued, and today people have trouble telling who made what and which one is which.

  Look at these pictures and see how easy it might be to get the two mixed up. 

(especially if you are not looking at the two side by side.) 

One of these is "Dixie Dogwood" (Joni), Stetson.  

And the other is  "Southern Dogwood", Blue Ridge, Southern Potteries Inc.

My serving bowl is the Dixie Dogwood (Joni).  I believe it was made in the mid 50's.

The backstamp is hard to read, but it says:

"The legend of the Dogwood dates back to the crucifixion.

Early lore likens the Dogwood petals,

 shaped like a cross and stained with red,

to the Cross of Calvary."

If any of you are collectors and have more (or better) information on this, I'd love to hear from you.  

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