LuRay Pastels vintage dishes by Taylor, Smith, and Taylor
Ranked #1,240 in Home & Garden, #15,921 overall
History of vintage LuRay Pastels dishes
LuRay Pastels dinnerware was produced from 1938 to 1961 by the Taylor, Smith, and Taylor Company. It was initially available in four pastel colours: Persian Cream, Windsor Blue, Sharon Pink, and Surf Green. A fifth colour (Chatham Gray) was added in 1947 but was discontinued in 1952 due to a lack of popularity. This has made Chatham Gray pieces a challenge for collectors to locate. Pieces are marked with the backstamp "TS&T LuRay Pastels". Very few pieces are unmarked.
Table of Contents
- Note on Persian Cream, Sharon Pink, Windsor Blue, and Surf Green
- Tea and coffee items
- Water and juice items
- Plates and dishes
- Bowls
- Serveware
- Condiment servers
- Specialty items
- Pictures of Luray Pastels dish collections
- Persian Cream LuRay Pastels dishes
- Windsor Blue LuRay Pastels dishes
- Surf Green LuRay pastels dishes
- Sharon Pink LuRay Pastels dishes
- Notes on Chatham Gray
- Chatham Gray LuRay Pastels dishes
- Vintage LuRay Pastels dishes books
- LuRay Pastels links
Standard colour assortment
Note on Persian Cream, Sharon Pink, Windsor Blue, and Surf Green
The following is a listing of all items available in Persian Cream, Sharon Pink, Windsor Blue, and Surf Green. There is no significant price value difference for items in these colours.
After May 1949, these items were only available in Persian Cream: water jug, fixed stand sauceboat, chop plate, teapot, and salad bowl. That makes for slightly more common items if seen in Persian Cream.
Tea and coffee items
- Teacup
- Tea saucer
- Sugar, covered
- Cream
- Flat spout teapot
- Curved spout teapot
- After Dinner Coffee Pot
- After Dinner Chocolate Pot
- After Dinner Coffee cup
- After Dinner Coffee saucer
- After Dinner coffee (to chocolate pot set)
- After Dinner coffee saucer (to chocolate pot set)
- After Dinner individual covered sugar
- After Dinner individual covered sugar (to chocolate pot set)
- After Dinner individual cream
- After Dinner individual cream (to chocolate pot set)
Water and juice items
- Footed water jug
- Pitcher water jug
- Pitcher fruit juice jug
- Fruit juice tumbler
- Tumbler
- Coaster (sometimes listed a "nut dish")
Plates and dishes
- 6" plate
- 7" plate
- 8" plate
- 9" plate
- 10" plate
- Grill compartment plate
Bowls
- Coupe soup
- Lug soup (onion soup bowl)
- 5" fruit
- 6 1/2" fruit
- Cream soup bowl
- Cream soup saucer
- 36's (oatmeal bowl)
- 5 1/2" bowl
- 7" bowl
- 8 3/4" bowl
- 10 1/4" bowl
Serveware
- 7" platter
- 11 1/2" platter
- 13" platter
- 8 1/2" round vegetable nappy
- 9 1/2" oval vegetable baker
- Casserole
- 15" chop plate
- Cake plate
- Muffin cover
Condiment servers
- Sauceboat
- Pickle (celery dish)
- Salt shaker
- Pepper shaker
- Fixed stand sauceboat
- Relish dish
- Covered butter
Specialty items
- Epergne flower vase
- Double egg cup
- Bud vase
- Urn vase bud vase
- 8" calendar plate
- 9" calendar plate
- 10" calendar plate
Pictures of Luray Pastels dish collections
- Clean Dishes
- Clean Dishes
- Elephant & Luray dishes
- Happy elephant
- Lu-ray (mostly)
- the pink is unmarked
- A Pair Of Pastels
- A lovely pair of circa 1946 Lu-Ray pastel plates that I found at a local SA a few years ago, at $1.99 ea.
- luray
- A box of LuRay dishes, found at an estate sale. Beautiful pastel colors!
- Luray Pastels
- My new dishes!
- Found at a Thrift store and bought it fast!
- Found at a Thrift store and bought it fast!
- weekend dish haul
- I'm in my own personal vintage dish hell.
- La vaiselle de Bob (4)
- For friends from France, Bob prepared an American-style meal for which dessert was "It's It" ice cream sandwiches served on Lu-Ray pastels saucers given to him in 1988 by his friend Kaylie. Cell phone series.
- more lu-ray
- I have too much, but maybe that still is not enough.
- Latest Goodwill Finds
- I got these two Lu-Ray Pastels bowls (dated 1945) and the Hazel Atlas glass for 49 cents each. The Fire-King mugs were 99 cents each. Nothing is perfect, but they were still good finds.
- Pastel Tower
- We celebrated Little K's 3rd Birthday with a Tea Party. The table was set with tiny vases of flowers, pretty plates and of course pastel Tea Cups. That was over 5 years ago, and these still make me smile when I see them.
- Luray
- Luray dishes.
Persian Cream LuRay Pastels dishes
Windsor Blue LuRay Pastels dishes
Surf Green LuRay pastels dishes
Sharon Pink LuRay Pastels dishes
Chatham Gray assortment
Notes on Chatham Gray
The following items are the only items available in Chatham Gray. If anything else is seen in this colour, check the backstamp that it is actually marked as LuRay.
- Teacup
- Tea saucer
- 6" plate
- 7" plate
- 8" plate
- 9" plate
- 10" plate
- Coupe soup
- Lug soup (onion soup)
- 5" fruit
- 11 1/2" platter
- 13" platter
- 8 1/2" round vegetable nappy
- 9 1/2" oval vegetable baker
- Covered sugar
- Cream
- Curved spout teapot (rare)
- Salt shaker
- Pepper shaker
- 15" chop plate
- Fixed stand sauceboat
- Double egg cup
- After dinner coffee cup
- After dinner coffee saucer
- Grill compartment plate
- Covered butter
Chatham Gray LuRay Pastels dishes
Vintage LuRay Pastels dishes books
LuRay Pastels links
- LuRay Pastels ~ Lovely Display Dishes
- A LuRay collector's display.
- Flickr: From Kitchens Past - The Vintage Kitchen
- Vintage kitchen pool.
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