Here we have a very scarce Vernon Kilns Early California covered 6" chowder bowl with tabbed handles and matching lid, in brown, in unused, very good to excellent vintage condition. The Art Deco Early California line was produced mainly in high-glazed, brilliant colors, and we have these in all six of the original production colors in various conditions. Please see our store for those, as well as many more pieces of Vernon Kilns and other classic dinnerware lines.  

What's included: A two-piece set consisting of one lugged chowder bowl and one lid, in brown. Last photo shows the brown one with many other colors (most of which you'll find in our store) and is there just to drool over. ;)

Vintage: Early California was in production from 1936-1947

Approximate Measurements: 7 3/8" wide(including tabs) & 6 1/8" diameter (not including tabs); 1 7/8" tall (without lid) & 3 3/8" tall (with lid)

Condition: Our photographs reveal the condition best and are the most important part of the description--please enlarge and zoom in on them, and examine them carefully before bidding. Our apologies for all of the reflections -- glossy brown is very hard to photograph on a sunny day! The set is very clean, bright, shiny and fresh. Bowl is in excellent, unused condition with no flaws. The lid has these issues: a teeny tiny fleabite on the edge of the knob, along with a small discolored spot on top of the knob that appears to be a glaze issue. There is also a patch of two rough, unglazed lines along the rim that are most likely factory flaws, as well as one unglazed spot on the underside or inside of the lid. These aren't chips, and one has to be down on top and on the side of the lidded bowl to even notice the two unglazed lines (the rounder spot on the inside can't be seen from the outside at all.) Despite these issues, the lid still displays well and has a long useful life ahead of it. Other than noted issues with the lid, no chips, cracks, scratches, marks, stains or crazing. No signs of ever having been used, not even any colorless glaze scratches. Visible kiln marks, typical of all Early California pieces.

We consider funky odors (cigarette smoke, mildew, etc) to be an important part of a condition report. Corndogcache is a 100% non-smoking environment, and we'll let you know if any of our vintage items smell like it (or anything else) from activities they may have been involved in before they came to us.

We're happy to combine shipping at actual cost on all pieces purchased and paid for on one single invoice/order. In order to take advantage of this shipping cost savings, you must, must, must combine all of your pieces into one order and pay for all of them at once. Ebay checkout may very well do everything it can to prevent you from doing this. Don't ask why. We don't know why. It's crazy. If this happens to you, stop, do not pay. Back out of that mess and shoot us a message instead, asking for a combined invoice, and then wait to pay from that. If you pay for your items individually instead of combining them into one order and making one payment for that order, you will get stuck paying a shipping fee for each piece. Ebay has instituted many new policies recently, giving us no leeway on combining shipping of items paid for separately.

The Fine Print: 

  • We expect payment within 1 day of purchase. If you're waiting for other auctions to end so that you can combine shipping, shoot us a message to let us know.
  • If you're unable to pay within terms, please reach out with your Plan B. Things happen. Especially these days. So just shoot us a message. 
  • We don't accept buyer-remorse returns but we will grant you the use of our description and photos so that you can re-ebay the item yourself.
  • Although we don't accept buyer-remorse returns, reach out if you're unhappy with your purchase! If we messed up -- everybody does -- give us a chance to fix it. We promise it was unintentional, and we'll do what we can to make it right.