QUIZ - IDENTIFYING MAKER OF PIECES FREQUENTLY MIS-IDENTIFED AS MADE BY NELSON MCCOY POTTERY

By Craig Nissen

At the Society Banquet in July of 2017, one of the activities was a quiz for all attendees to participate in. Each banquet table was a Team. The first 18 questions were of pieces that have been misidentified as McCoy and the attendees needed to guess who the real maker was. A few questions are of more than one piece but all the same maker. Following that there were six more pieces shown that were McCoy Fake pieces but that were in fact, products made by well-known Pottery Companies which were used as a pattern to make the Fake McCoy piece by then marking the new piece made with “McCoy”. The question is who was the original maker?

The winning Team had 18 of the 24 correct with a tie for second by two Teams with 15. Try your luck! The photos will be presented first and then again in that same order with the correct answer. Remember, this quiz was taken without any help of known references (books, the Internet, etc). Have fun!

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#3 #4 #5

#6 #7 #8

#9 #10 #11

#12 #13 #14

#15 #16 #17

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McCOY FAKES – WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL MAKER?

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That is the end of the pieces in the quiz. Have you got your answers all written down??

Scroll down when ready to see how you did.

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# 1 SHAWNEE # 2 SHAWNEE

# 3 ABINGDON - ILLINOIS

Actually made McCOY VASE in 9 and 10 Inch Sizes Marked USA

# 4 SHAWNEE

McCoy Hat - Similar Style

# 5 BRUSH

# 6 MORTON - ILLINOIS

Always the Left Hand McCoy Hand – Right Hand

# 7 SHAWNEE

Lorraine Ware Line

# 8 METLOX - CALIFORNIA

# 9 MORTON - ILLINOIS

# 10 HULL

McCoy Catalog Page Image of Piece

McCoy PieceSometimes Shield

MarkedHull PieceSometimes “H” Marked

Hull Catalog Page Image

# 11 SHAWNEE

# 12 MORTON - ILLINOIS

# 13 ABINGDON - ILLINOIS

Actually Made in 8 & 5.5 inch sizes 1938-39

McCoy VASE Note narrower

vertical ribs

# 14 SHAWNEE

# 15 CAMARK – ARKANSAS

# 16 SHAWNEE # 18 MORTON - ILLINOIS

Camark Design No Holes in Paws

McCoy LionHoles in Paws

# 17 ABINGDON - ILLINOIS

Actually Made In 6, 8 & 10 Inch Sizes

McCOY FAKES – THE ORIGINAL MAKER

# 19 HULL

# 20 ROSEVILLE

This example is actually a reproduction of the Roseville pc.

McCoy Vase10 Inch - 1940s

Produced 1938-39

#21 SHAWNEE

Original Not Marked

#22 HULL

#23 REGAL CHINA/POTTERY

#24 ROYAL COPLEY - OHIO

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At this point; if you are taking this test with another collector to see who may get the most right but you are tied? ……here is a tie breaking question:

In April of 1946, how Many Rustic Wall Pockets were on Order?

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74,748 Pieces !