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Antioch’s Pickard China is a national treasure By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
From hand painted decorative plates and tea sets to high end Presidential China, Pickard sets the standards. In 1893 Wilder Pickard fulfilled his dream of establishing a company that offered hand-painted giftware and art ware. The company, which he named Pickard China Studio, opened in Edgerton, Wis., and specialized in dessert and tea sets that were decorated by hand. By 1900 Pickard moved his successful business to Chicago where it continued to prosper. Here Pickard established a group of china painters, some of whom were students at the Art Institute of Chicago, and other artists who came from Europe to hand paint one of a kind ceramic pieces. These early works remain very collectible. The company began as a family business and so it has remained. The second generation, Wilder’s son Austin, joined the company in the late 1920s and initiated changes to the company that expanded the course of its business. Austin developed a fine china dinnerware that could be manufactured in the United States. He built a manufacturing plant in Antioch and
moved the company to this location. The company introduced a set of white china in 1937. The pattern is described by the company as “a warm white pattern, with graceful shapes, lightness, and delicacy and finished with a brilliant glaze.” This pattern has stood the test of time as it is still popular today. With the outbreak of World War II, many manufacturing plants were forced to close due to rationing of supplies many of which were being used by the military. Other companies obtained government contracts and worked to support the war effort. Pickard successfully bid on a contract to supply gravy boats for the Navy. While these clunky gravy boats were a far different product than the fine china Pickard was known for producing, it allowed the company to remain open and its people employed. The company continued to grow after the war. In 1966 Pete Pickard became the third generation to run the company. Decorative plates on various subjects including art reproductions, a wildlife series, a series depicting a mother’s love, and gems of nature were just some of the
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Above: Lisa Fisher assists Sophie Young, 7, in trying on a jacket Sunday during the reprise visit of the Antioch Traveling Closet to the Antioch Senior Center. Left: Tammy Butler of Lake Villa (left) gets a haircut from stylist Anna Campos. Fisher is the organizer of the charity event that invites those in need to choose from a wide selection of donated clothing and toiletries that they can put to good use, all free of charge. Sunday’s event also had a staff of five professional hairstylists from Lake Villa and Libertyville who gave a total of 55 haircuts. Fisher, happy to help those less fortunate, asked only that items selected by visitors to the closet be actually used by those taking them. To find out more about the back-to-school Traveling Closet scheduled for Aug. 21 email Fisher at lisa@limericklounge.com.
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