The Bauer Pottery Company was started in 1878 by J.A. Bauer. Located in Paducah, Kentucky, the company was engaged mainly in the production of crocks and jugs for distilleries during those early years. In 1907, when the company moved to California, it began to develop designs for household pottery.

Employing the best ceramists of the time - Russel Wright, among others - the company quickly gained reknown for the simplicity and beauty of its pottery. In 1931 the company introduced the ringware pattern, which offered classical, timeless shapes in solid, bold, bright colors, thus changing the look of American dinnerware forever.

Due to an extended labor strike, however, the company was forced out of business in 1962.

A new company was formed in 1998, and in the year 2000 resumed production of all the original ringware forms.

Ringware pottery is hand-cast and h and-glazed. It is dishwasher and microwave safe.

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