She's got "the eye".

No doubt about it. Meda spotted this small ceramic piece in the midst of remnants of an estate sale in Haiku Plantation over the weekend. It was on the lanai of the house surrounded by discarded ashtrays, old videotapes, mismatched glasses, lots of broken things, stacks of cheap dishes, etc. Somehow she zeroed in on this piece. I thought it was folly. I was wrong. Again. Scroll down for the real story.
What she found was the cover needed to compete a cream and sugar set she found years earlier. Amazing! I found the original plates in a Savers Store several years ago (and later described that experience back in July 2002), and she had then added the coverless sugar and creamer.

These are the "Autumn Bloom" pattern by Metlox, one of the well-known American companies that produced dinnerware before and after WWII. Here's one dealer's description of the pattern:

"Melox' Autumn Bloom has a cream colored background with orange and yellow flowers around the border. It is the same pattern as Delphinium. However, the color combination is different. Delphinium came out in 1942, while Autumn Bloom did not arrive on the scene until 1946. Some pieces have the Metlox backstamp, some, the Hollywood Craftsmen backstamp, some the California Craftsman backstamp and some no mark at all."

According to the Manhattan Beach Historical Society: "Metlox Potteries built a factory in Manhattan Beach, California in 1927. They began by manufacturing large outdoor ceramic advertising signs such as the Pantages Theater sign in Hollywood. The demand for the ceramic signs dwindled during the Great Depression. In 1932, the company began the production of dinnerware and competed with other pottery companies such as Catalina, Franciscan, etc. Metlox was the last of the five largest California pottery companies to close their doors. They closed in June 1989."