Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 364

Price Realized: $ 330
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
(AVIATION.) Pan Am. Complete place setting in the Lei pattern by Vernon Kilns. Consists of: dinner plate * vegetable bowl * bread plate * cereal bowl * cup and saucer. Together, 6 pieces; all back stamped "Pan American Lei / By Vernon Kilns / California-U.S.A." 1950

Additional Details

Pan Am commissioned Vernon Kilns to produce this china in 1950, for an extensive mainland promotion of its flights to Hawaii. The premier introduction was in Honolulu in June 1950. The mainland promotion began at New York's Plaza Hotel in July 1950.