Opinions on age of these pineapple dishes?

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I had 3 of them, but one fell off my counter and broke.  They measure about 6.25" long.  Bottom says "Ken Ocorr" and then "Magyar" (which is Hungary).  Are these mass made souvenir pieces?  

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I don't know what pineapples have to do with Hungary (seems like a strange thing for an Eastern European souvenir!) Here's one without Magyar written on the bottom:

www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ken-Ocorr-Glazed-Pottery-Pineapple-Dish-Signed-/221714451500

Also I found this: "...attributed the mold to Ken Ocorr, who ran Ken Ocorr Molds during the 1960s in Long Beach, CA." So you could call them mid-century / vintage.

Lots of other Ken Ocorr pieces show up on Google.

[val2525]

Maybe that's just where they were manufactured?

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I thought the Magyar thing was odd, too. Although "Hungarian Pineapples" has a certain ring to it.   

Thanks for finding that for me, I was searching "Ceramic" and didn't find those.

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I was going to say early 70's. When I was growing up, my mother had a ceramic store which sold wholesale and retail and she taught classes. Those look like things that were popular around that time, especially the glaze on the body of the pineapple - I swear we used that glaze on everything lol!

[bettyblackbent]

Ken Ocorr made molds and kits you could buy to make your own. People often signed or incised their own names to the finished pieces. So my educated guess would be that "Magyar" is the make of the person who made the mold,maybe in a class where they had to distinguish whose piece was whose.
Definitely not made in Hungary unless someone imported the kit there for themselves.

[57roses]

May want to use Tiki or Polynesian theme as keywords.

Supposedly another resurgence of this theme is popular.
I remember it being popular in the early 70s or so.

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I would ignore the Magyar word.  I would list in vintage collectibles and use keywords like Tiki Luau Aloha plate tray dish.

I know several buyers with bars in their homes.  Several have bamboo bars.  They seldom serve alcohol anymore and now serve smoothies with munchies of cheese/fruit etc.  They love little theme serving dishes from the 1950's - 1980's like these for munchies and search on ebay using "Tiki" keyword with plate tray and dish.