Featured auction Items in ELHSAA Pottery Auction include, from left, Fiesta Meadow Millennium II Vase, Fiesta Linen 2026 Calendar Plate and Hall China Sky Ball Jug. (Photo courtesy of Brian Shockey)

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool High School Alumni Association (ELHSAA) Annual Pottery Online Auction is open for bidding until Oct. 21.

Browse local pottery and memorabilia plus register to bid at bforg.com/ELHSAA This is the largest fundraiser of the year with proceeds benefiting ELHSAA projects and scholarships.

Brian Shockey and John Aikens, Pottery Auction Chairmen, encourage everyone to attend the open house on Saturday, Oct. 18 to see auction items dating back to the 1880’s made in the East Liverpool area.

Fiesta Tableware Company in Newell, graciously manufactured and donated custom Fiesta and Hall China items. This year’s special Fiesta item was originally introduced in 1998 and discontinued in 1999 to commemorate the turn of the millennium. The 12 individually numbered Millennium II Vases are glazed in Meadow (2019 color). Popular in the 1940’s and 1950’s, Fiesta Tableware Company manufactured 12 new Hall China Ball Jugs and glazed them in 2024 Sky color. The 12 pcs of 2026 Calendar Plates started as plain Linen dinner plates donated by Fiesta Tableware Company, then Commercial Decal of Ohio donated the custom calendar decal, and W.C. Bunting Company/CIRM did the final decorating.

Consignment and donated items of local pottery and memorabilia are also featured in our on-line auction, including a teapot made of Lotus Ware, translucent bone china that was only made from 1892 to 1896 by Knowles, Tayor, & Knowles in East Liverpool. The complete history can be found at themuseumofceramics.com/lotusware.

The public is invited to the Auction Open House on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Clock Tower, 416 E. 4th Street, East Liverpool, Anyone can bid by registering at bforg.com/ELHSAA or visit elhsaa.com for more information.

The ELHSAA would like to thank Elizabeth (Liz) McIlvain, President, Fiesta Tableware Company, and Patrick O’Hara, Vice President of Sales, W.C. Bunting Company for their support and donations. We also want to thank Rick Dieringer, owner of Tri-State Supplies, for providing shipping services.