Thanks so much for writing, Susan. You are correct about the brand, Mar-crest. Here on Mar-crest.com, we are collectors, buyers and sellers, or just plain curious, of (mainly) the Warm Colorado Brown glazed, Daisy and Dot pattern of ovenproof stoneware. With a lot of Western Stoneware, Monmouth and Hull mixed in. Below is what I have on a section of the Home page. Thanks again, Susan.
"Mar-crest Colorado Brown Oven-Proof Stoneware was available at Safeway, A & P, IGA, Loblaws, Jewel Food Stores and Kroger grocery stores half a century ago (and possibly through Top Value Stamps, as well). Were there other stores that sold Mar-crest (daisy and dot)? Was it advertised or seen in any magazines, movies or commercials?
Was Mar-crest a premium or give-away, available in movie theaters (dish night) and Western Auto's? I haven't spoke with anyone that recalls this firsthand. In the reading I've done the past several years, dish night at the movies was when a piece of china was given away to movie-goers to boost attendance during the war. Depression glass and Fire-King have been named. I do not believe that daisy dot Mar-crest was a part of those give-aways."
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