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Note: this page is about the experimental shape Casualstone. For Coventry Casualstone made up of restyled Fiesta pieces, see this page.
The Casualstone shape was developed at Homer Laughlin from March to May 1968. It was intended as a special shape for the distribution firm, Cunningham and Pickett of Alliance, Ohio. This was a fully realized line with nineteen items in its assortment.
Pieces made for Casualstone with their model numbers:
- 3005: teacup
- 3006: 10" plate
- 3007: 7" plate
- 3008: 6" plate
- 3009: saucer
- 3010: fruit cup
- 3011: cereal bowl
- 3012: rim soup
- 3013: nappy
- 3014: small platter
- 3015: 11" platter
- 3016: 13" platter
- 3017: chop plate
- 3018: covered sugar
- 3019: creamer
- 3020: coffee server
- 3021:casserole
- 3022: sauceboat
- 3023: salt and pepper
Casualstone was designed by art director Vincent Broomhall. The round hollowware was made with a set of graduated rings at the base.
Records indicate Casusalstone never went into production. Even though no sample pieces have been found, some of the original models and production molds still exist at the factory.
Frank "Junior" Williams started in the modeling shop on May 6, 1968. The first pieces he modeled were the Casualstone shakers on May 8th. Later that month, he modeled many of the pieces from the Provincial line.
Williams was born in Huntington, West Virginia in 1928. He died in Newell at the age of 84 in 2013.
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