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A Group of Hand-Painted Seasonal Earthenware Dishes and Bowls - A group of four decorative hand-painted earthenware dishes and bowls with various seasonal motifs. The group includes two items produced by the Robinson-Ransbottom Pottery Co. of Roseville, Ohio. The first is a dish approximately 5 inches in diameter featuring a dark brown glaze with a hand-painted Santa Claus figure in a red suit with yellow trim. The second is a dish approximately 3.5 inches in diameter with a dark brown glaze and a hand-painted snowman. Both Robinson-Ransbottom pieces have unglazed red clay exteriors and impressed marks reading OXFORD EARTHEN WARE around a central letter R; the smaller snowman dish includes an impressed LEAD FREE circular mark. A large bowl approximately 5.5 inches in diameter is included, featuring a purple glazed interior with a hand-painted white rabbit and Easter basket. The base of this bowl is incised Earthen Vessel, Cinti. Oh 1992, of CPD SLW MCS, 035, identifying it as a piece from Earthen Vessel in Cincinnati, Ohio. The fourth item is a bowl approximately 5.5 inches in diameter with a cream-colored speckled glaze and a hand-painted snowman face. This bowl features a brown-glazed rim and base and retains a paper label from Penn Woods Pottery. Rabbit bowl: 5.5 inches diameter Snowman face bowl: 5.5 inches diameter Santa dish: 5 inches diameter Small snowman dish: 3.5 inches diameter.