Tag: cookware enamel

I’m not clear about when the blue came into being… how about leave a comment if you know! Still looking for the Descoware bean pot in blue….

Some of the designs and colors from the period when DescoWare was made in Japan. When the Desco guys in Los Angeles were facing increased competition, they briefly manufactured in Japan instead of Belgium. The Japanese colors were a little different. The yellows were less pale…more of an autumn.  The Flame turned into Just Plain Orange. The designs from Japan got wild and there were a lot of accessories… the fondue set, the chafing dish–I have a set of canisters in orange and some plates in the autumn yellow color.

The pieces are much harder to identify because the Descoware Marking on the bottom was left out. Instead, they used paper labels only so unless the piece has been found with the paper label still attached, it’s largely impossible to identify.

They were also made from a much lighter gauge metal compared to the Belgian manufacture. The series included pots with little knobby handles on the lids. Anyone know what those knobs were made with?

These are beautiful pieces. They have a much older look I think than many of the other designs and the physical shapes are different– there is a banding around most of the edges for instance. Very elegant.

I believe this was named for the designer, but I can’t locate any information about this “Markley” person. Any Ideas or resources about Markley the designer? Add a comment!

This was also a later color and since these pieces have a waffled bottom, there is no Descoware logo. I’m still a little dubious that these are actually Descoware, but they might be some of the last pieces produced in Europe.