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Most Recent Posts McCoy did NOT make Weeping Gold.Posted Aug-03-06 18:34:51 PDT Updated Aug-05-06 17:36:47 PDT McCoy did NOT make "Weeping Gold." If a piece of gold plated pottery is stamped ''Weeping Gold,'' it is not McCoy. McCoy''s line was called ''Sunburst Gold,'' and was not stamped with a line name of any sort. The stamp you will find most often (besides the obvious McCoy mark), however, is ''24K gold'' or ''Gold 24K.'' Most all gold overlay McCoy pieces bore that stamp; serious washing will remove those stamps, but not without damaging the rest of the finish. The actual ''McCoy'' mark (or Mc Coy as some people like to call it) is the best clue (wink, wink). ;) Sunburst Gold is a hit and miss combination of shiny and dull gold. It resembles the way oil floats on water. Bubbling is present; random patterns are present; it's thicker in some places than in others. Very pretty. Weeping gold is thinner, runny-looking, with teardrop formations (thus the name ''weeping''). If someone is selling gold-plated pottery and they label it ''Weeping Gold'' ask what is stamped on the bottom of the piece before committing to buy it. All McCoy pottery was made in the USA--but not all USA marks are McCoy . . .Posted Jun-29-06 16:52:17 PDT Updated Jul-08-06 16:06:02 PDT One thing I've noticed: many sellers mistakenly think that because a piece of pottery is stamped "USA" or "made in USA" that it is McCoy. Not so! True, McCoy stamped some of its pieces "USA," so did many other potteries at the time. McCoy did use the "USA" mark on some pieces, but just as many more were clearly marked or not marked at all. During war and post-war times, many in America, feeling that their jobs were threatened by imports (pottery and other goods, too), insisted on buying goods made only in the USA--thus the reason for the marking. Many other potteries used (and still do) the USA stamp (Shawnee, Hull, Hall, Weller, California Pottery, to name just a few). Sometimes the actual way the piece is stamped USA can be a clue, as in the case of Hull pottery: the "S" will be rather large and slanted. McCoy sometimes used a squared-off (blocked) USA stamp (some of these read U.S.A. inside a small rectangular box). Most often, though, they used a regular USA mark. Sometimes the "S" is a tiny bit larger than the other two letters--sometimes. Remember, the "ordinary" USA stamp on a piece of McCoy will not have periods at the end of the letters (like this: U.S.A.). If it's not block and it has periods, it ain't McCoy. When browsing through planters, dishes, cookie jars, vases, figurines, etc., don't feel compelled to believe every seller when he/she states this piece is "McCoy." Read on through the description. If the only mark on the piece is "USA," be very wary. Often I've seen "McCoy" in the subject line, but buried in the description would be something like, "It's marked USA. I believe this piece to be a McCoy." I don't doubt that they believe it to be a McCoy. What I doubt is whether or not what they believe is true. The best defense is to get yourself a good book or two on McCoy pottery and learn some of the styles, glazes used, etc. The books can save you tons of money in mistakes--as well as help prevent your buying fakes and reproductions (the subject of my next post). Be familiar with the "weight" of McCoy pottery pieces. With just a few exceptions, most McCoy pottery is hefty in weight. Reproductions and many non-McCoy pieces are lightweight, fragile. Trish From Trish & Kelly's Pottery HillPosted Jun-23-06 20:53:58 PDT Updated Jun-29-06 13:14:46 PDT The Real McCoy . . . We really do live on a hill--on a small farm in southcentral Kentucky. Flood waters will never get us--unless the entire county goes under. :) We have 26 acres, a natural spring, lots of vegetation, a plethora of pets, and a house that is swelling with our collection--namely, McCoy. Myself a long-time lover of the pottery, my husband was bitten by the McCoy bug not too long ago and has become quite adept at "finding" the pottery. His favorite type of McCoy? Cookie jars! (You know, those things that take up quite a chunk of display space--unlike a tidy vase or pitcher . . .) Oh well, at least we are having the time of our lives! We look EVERYWHERE! Yard sales, flea markets, thrift stores . . . We also collect restaurantware (Homer Laughlin, Shenango, Buffalo, Walker, Trenle-Blake, etc.). Those dishes are the ones we love and use every day. My advice for any collector? Buy yourself two or three good books on the subject. Four even. The more books you have, and the more you study them, the more likely you won't walk past a perfect, collectable piece of McCoy that is unmarked (and cheap) without recognizing it. I'll list some of the books I own and use. I also plan to post pictures of some of the more unusual pieces I've come across--as well as some I'm not certain of. Feel free to post questions/answers, too. Trish |
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