Poppytrail “200” Series Coffee Set– Metlox Pottery – Designer: Willis Prouty – 1935-44
In our modern home coffee starts us each morning, keeps us going all day long and often allows me to write blog posts late at night. We are, as the advertisement used to say, “coffee achievers.”
We buy good coffee and drink it from classic dinnerware. The modern lady and I are coffee snobs. You know the type – always with cup in their hand, talking real fast, and knowing all the best places around to grab a great cup o’ joe.
For folks like us nothing makes us happier than finding a great, vintage coffee set under the tree on Christmas morning. If you have someone like that in your life a set like the Poppytrail “200” Series from Metlox Pottery is simply a wonderful gift for the Holidays.
Designed in 1935 by Metlox co-owner Willis Prouty and produced through 1944 this fabulous set is perfect for the true coffee aficionado. The server holds a good amount of java and with the thick pottery, narrow neck and lid keeps it good and hot. The wooden handles, which are clipped on the coffee cups with metal bands and remove easily for cleaning, are an extra nice touch to the both the aesthetics and practicality of this set.
The coffee set by Metlox also looks great when not being used. The bright colored glazing and modern sculptural design make this a set that will be out on display – not pushed in the back of a cabinet somewhere.
This set would make the coffee lover in your circle of friends and family happy for years to come.
And speaking of coffee, I ran across this a few months back and loved it. Check out this fun clip.
