California Faience

Chauncey R. Thomas began the studio in 1913 as The Tile Shop and it was located on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley.

[citation needed] Bragdon began his career in ceramics at University City Porcelain Works near St. Louis, Missouri in 1912.

Thomas and Bragdon together focused on producing pottery and tiles for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exhibition (PPIE) in San Francisco.

[2] Some of the artists associated with California Faience are: Beniamino Bufano, Julia Morgan, Valenti Angelo, Sorcha Boru, Adele Stimmel Chase, Jane Fauntz and Mary Fuller.

Several schools in the East Bay would have students make pieces from clay and glazes provided by California Faience.

Architects such as Julia Morgan used the pottery company's tiles, as for William Randolph Hearst at San Simeon.