This set is from the Ransburg Company’s “Red Aster” pattern, used on their popular stoneware from 1930 – 1960. Each piece was hand painted by a well trained decorator, at a time when most companies were exploring cutting quality for cost, Harper Ransburg invested time and money into training professionals that makes Ransburg quality unmatched with any of it’s contemporaries.
Harper J. Ransburg’s story is a testament to the American entrepreneurial system. He was born in Indiana in 1886, the son of German Quaker farmers. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade to help support his family. It seems he could have gone on to be a Professor in marketing at an Ivy-League school. He was one of the first to market items as "sets" rather than individual pieces, so in a way he is to thank for your cell phone “bundling” package! He also threw in free stuff such as selling cookie jars full of cookies. Ransburg figured out the importance of "cross-selling," and put it to good use. Ransburg developed a highly successful business with a range of product lines.
Instead of the college route, he founded a glass cutting business in Toledo, OH, and with a gamble on a loan, he moved operations to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1912. There, in short order he launched a multi-million dollar household products company, that at it’s peak was selling 250,000 hand painted cookie jars per year.
Ransburg products reflect pride and craftsmanship. The company had a large range of products made from all sorts of material, glass to metal, plastic to pottery, each one now drawing in collectors. There are some great books on this company, check the Amazon links below.
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So as it turns out, what appears to be a brass sheathing coil attached to a hemisphere shaped piece of wood, made at some point prior to 1935, is in fact a piece of American history. 
It wasn't until 1823 that the phrase "Cedar Point" came into use.The lighthouse was buillt in 1939 (discontinued in 1904) and it wasn't until 1870, with the addition of a beer garden, bathhouse, covered dance platform, refreshment stands, swings, see-saws and sliding boards, that the place became a real destination and had what is know as their "first season". 1888 saw the addition of the Grand Pavilion and three 66ft bowling alleys, and 2 years later there was a water toboggan that dumped riders out into the lake. 
The Switchback Railway, Cedar Point's first roller coaster, opened in 1892. Hotels, theaters, boardwalks, museums, arcades, railways, and other attractions followed rapidly. in fact the Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad (C.P. & L.E.R.R.), featured on this stein opened in 1963 with over 370,000 guests riding the railroad during its first season. One of 6 authentic steam locomotives carried 300 people at a time. It has a rich history that is still being laid today, check out the C.P & L.E.R.R.site for more. 
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