top of page

4 inch plate -- perfect condition, not chips, cracks.

 

According to wikipedia:

 

Hadley Pottery had its inception in 1939, when Mary Alice Hadley made a custom set of dishware for a cruiser she and her husband George Hadley had on the Ohio River.[3] She created her own design with a nautical flag motif[4] and painted it on unfired blanks that she fired at the Louisville Pottery Co.[5] When friends saw the design of her dishes, they were interested in purchasing dishes of their own, so Hadley created a few more at the Louisville Pottery Co.[6]

With more interest and demand, the Hadleys finally purchased what became the Hadley Pottery building at 1570 Story Ave. in Louisville in October 1944 as a birthday present for Mrs. Hadley.[7] Mrs. Hadley painted all of the murals on the walls of the building[8] and the Hadley Pottery opened for business in 1945.[9] Hadley created a wide range of designs for the company, often inspired by Louisville motifs such as the fleur-de-lis.[10]

After Mary Alice Hadley died in 1965, nine painters continued to hand-paint pieces which are still signed "M.A. Hadley".[11] In 1979 Kenneth Moore bought Hadley Pottery,[11] and then in 2018 Jerry Day purchased the business and opened up a stash of over 6000 pieces which date to the period when Mary Alice Hadley was still alive.[12] In 2022, the business announced it would close.[13]

M.A. Hadley 4 inch Happy Birthday Plate

SKU: SKU380
$28.00Price
    bottom of page