Vintage 1929 AVCO China Lidded Casserole Dish

Vintage 1929 AVCO China Lidded Casserole Dish

 Product Description:

Vintage 1929 AVCO China Alliance Ohio Lidded Casserole – Orange Red Tulip Floral – Vitrified Oven Ware – Black Knob Vintage lidded casserole by Alliance Vitrified China Company (AVCO), Alliance, Ohio. Marked “Vitrified AVCO China Alliance, O. U.S.A. 29 Oven Ware 1929.” Heavy-duty vitrified china made for commercial kitchens — hotels, restaurants, and institutions. The lid has a cheerful orange and red tulip floral transfer on a white body with a contrasting black knob. Oven-safe and built to last. Good vintage condition Some paint fading Some interior stain but overall a beautiful piece for its age and overall

What it most likely is

• Mid-century American vitrified hotel/restaurant ware (roughly 1940s–1970s).
• The black knob is a common commercial lid treatment; the floral is a transfer or decal pattern rather than hand-painted fine china.
• Durability is the selling point: it was designed to go from oven to table (and often dishwasher) in institutional kitchens.

History of AVCO China

Alliance Vitrified China Company (AVCO)
Alliance, Ohio
Mark: VITRIFIED AVCO CHINA ALLIANCE, O. / U.S.A. 29 OVEN WARE / 1929

AVCO was a short-lived Ohio pottery that operated roughly 1919–1929. They made heavy vitrified restaurant/hotel ware — thick, non-porous, oven-safe institutional china. Because the company lasted only about a decade, marked pieces are less common than Syracuse, Homer Laughlin, or Buffalo China.

The lid pattern is a transfer of orange/red tulips (sometimes listed as poppy-style florals) with green foliage on a white body and a black knob. That combination plus the 1929 oven-ware mark is a solid selling point.

Item Details

The item pictured is a vintage vitrified china lidded casserole dish, featuring a distinct orange and red tulip floral pattern with a smooth white body and a contrast-colored black knob. This specific style of vitrified dinnerware is highly durable, designed historically to withstand high-temperature institutional use or heavy baking conditions. While direct listings for this exact tulip pattern are rare, you can browse visually similar vintage porcelain bakeware and floral-accented serving pieces to compare makers, eras, and values.

Shop here for more products.