Tienshan

Designer
Maker	Tienshan (Shandong Silver Phoenix Co Ltd)
Marks	No marks
Material	Earthenware slip
Description	Large bowl with a waisted top and knob handle with hole to underside.  Unglazed foot ring.  Matte white glaze to entire body.  Transfer print on side of bowl.
Condition	Very good
Number	No number
Production Date	1980s
Width at rim	120mm
Width at Base	105mm
Depth	70mm
Length (with handle)	210mm
Weight	325gm
Volume	750mm
Acquisition	Purchase Salvo Stores
Rameking Reference Number	TSH 001-004

Go tell Aunt Rhody

Go tell Aunt Rhody

Go tell Aunt Rhody

The Old Grey Goose Is Dead.

This pattern comes from the Tienshan “Aunt Rhody” collection.  The pattern is “Country Goose” and features a blue goose with a polka dot bow tie.

Tien Shan, is a large mountain range located in Central Asia.  Tienshan pottery is made by Tienshan Incorporated who is not, as the name implies, a Chinese company.  It began in Norwalk Connecticutt, USA in 1978.  Their headquarters is at Suite 1 231 Wilson Street.  They also have an office at 41 Madison Avenue, mid-town New York.  Sakura Incorporated, another porcelain company also operates at the address.  They manufacture stoneware and porcelain dinnerware in China and export overseas. 

I think that they get the Shandong Silver Phoenix Company Limited to actually make their pottery.  This prize winning, top ten ceramics company has over 3,000 employees and is located at 58 Jinqueshan Road, Linyi, Shandong, China.  The company was established in 1957 and produces 1000 lines of high volume (120 million items per annum) porcelain, stoneware and genuine bone china.  They make hotel ware as well as tea and coffee sets.  They export to sixty countries and produce goods for a number of other makers including Churchill in the UK.