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Hello
All,
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July 20- Got
some great picts from Tom, lobster anyone? check them out
here. June 24-
Thanks to all those who sent me notes this week, my "new"
version of the site has reached over 100 hits in it's
first 4 days up! A big thanks to Marty for the link! I'm
awaiting a new video camera and when I get it, I'll put
up some QuickTime VR's of some of my pieces. If you
aren't familiar with QuickTime VR, you should be, it's
very cool. You need to make sure you have QuickTime
installed on your computer, either PC or Mac. I highly
recommend QuickTime 3, it's available on the web at
Apple's QuickTime
site. I
should have some VR's up by the end of July, so check
back! I've spent the last couple
of years collecting various Hall China pieces, mainly
because I was getting dragged to antique stores and figured
I mights as well look for something to collect since I was
there. The first piece I bought was a small green custard
that cost 2 bucks. That's my kind of collecting,
inexpensive. To be honest I kind of fell in love with the
simplicity, the clean lines and the apparent unbreakability
of Hall China (yes I've since learned that it DOES break as
I lost an entire shelf to gravity). I must say that I do
collect only a certain kind of Hall China, first it MUST
have the round Hall backstamp. My only exception is the
fridge stuff with it's manufacturer backstamp. The round
stamp stuff was made up until the early 70's or so, the
later stuff and the reissues have a rectangular (ugly)
backstamp. The second thing I look for is that it must be a
solid color, no frilly patterns. I don't really dislike the
patterned stuff, it's just not my thing. There is lots of
Hall stuff out there, I had to focus on the stuff that I
like the most. I love the wide variety of colors and the
endless shapes. I'm always running across things I've never
seen before, the thrill of the hunt! On the following pages I've
put pictures of most of my pieces. I find it fun just to
look at the variety, the other Hall websites are great and
here's my entry. I've had a Hall page up in this spot for
about 2 years but it was HORRIBLY maintained, I hope to do
better this round.
Feb 5-
Wanna see a great looking collection of Hall?
Click
Here
September
9- Sorry for the lack of updates (and those QTVR's
are coming soon!). But I have a special treat, check out
this awesome collection of Hall
ball jugs!
If any of you have pictures of your Hall stuff you want
me to post, just drop me a line.
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One of my favorite things about collecting Hall is that you really can USE this stuff. We've got it everywhere, even the dog is in on the act!  |
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Of course there is always the question, where do you keep all that stuff? I can't use it all, and to be honest I just want to show some of it off, as you can see my presentation could use a little work.  |
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Hall made some great stuff, and collecting it can really be fun. Most of it is pretty inexpensive and there seems to be lots of it. From what I can tell, different parts of the country tend to have different pieces. Down here in Texas we see stuff that you may not see on the east coast. Anyway, there seems to be lots to keep a collector going for quite awhile. I really don't spend that much time looking for it, but every once and a while I'll see a piece I don't have and home it comes. I've divided the following pages into different sections.
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Check out Marty Kennedy's GREAT Hall website
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