In Memoriam


Jane Bennison, c. 1936 
(Photo: Vernon Kilns brochure, c. 1936)

On Monday January 15, 2001 Jane Bennison Howell died in San Pedro, California, at the age of 88. Jane, who studied with Glen Lukens at the University of Southern California, worked at Vernon Kilns for several years in the late 1930's during which time the company produced a number of her distinctive designs. Jane's family has requested that tax-deductible donations in her name be made to:

   
Candleholders: Jane Bennison (1915 -2001),
Vernon Kilns, c. 1936

Photo from:
California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism
by Bill Stern, Photographs by Peter Brenner
   (Chronicle Books, 2001)

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