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The Hall China
Company
The Hall China Co.
was founded by Robert Hall in East Liverpool, Ohio in August 1903
following the dissolution of the two-year old East Liverpool
Potteries Company. Robert Hall died just a year after launching
the company. One of his eight children, Robert Taggart Hall, took
over the company and almost immediately began developments to
introduce the single-fire process, which had first been used
centuries earlier by Chinese potters during their Ming Dynasty
(A.D. 1368-1644). His dream was to change from the two-firing
manufacturing method; one firing to harden the ware and a second
firing to set the glaze to the ware.
The new process fused together the white body, color and glaze
when it was fired at a temperature of 2,400 degrees
Fahrenheit. The process used a single-firing that allowed the
glaze to penetrate the unfired body, creating a lead-free,
craze-proof finish which was strong, non-porous, very dense, did
not absorb moisture, and held heat well.
Inadvertently, Hall
China became the first pottery in the world to produce ware which
was completely lead-free. This was due not to particular
environmental or health concerns, but to the fact that the lead
compounds were expensive.
The new glazes
allowed the creation of brilliant colors never before seen on
American china. 
Hall China continues
in production today. The company has re-issued many of its earlier
designs, including some which had previously been considered rare,
such as the Airflow and Rhythm teapots, the Donut and Streamline
jugs, and some of the water servers from the refrigerator-ware
lines.
Hall China
celebrated its 100th birthday in 2003.
The Hall China
Company
P.O. Box 989 / 1 Anna Ave.
East Liverpool, Ohio 43920
Offering
the most shapes and colors in commercial restaurant chinaware
Foodservice: Phone:
1-800-445-HALL
Email:
custserv@hallchina.com
For Retail: Phone: 330-385-2900 Ext.159
Email:
retail@hallchina.com
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