After more than 80 years in business, Hadley Pottery is a common sight in Louisville kitchens and in households across the country.

But as the historic shop in Butchertown moves closer toward closing by year's end, bowls, plates and other popular items produced in-house at Hadley Pottery will be tougher to come by.

Hadley Pottery is no longer taking online orders or orders over the phone, but its storefront at 1570 Story Ave. will remain open for the foreseeable future, owner Jerry Day said during a tour of the iconic shop last week, to unload inventory and to fulfill orders that rolled in after the business announced it will close.

Day said he expects the closing to take place before the end of 2022.

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Here are a few interesting items Day pointed out during a tour of his shop. Get them while you can:

Hadley Pottery produces dozens of products — coffee mugs, plates and bowls, serving dishes and other ceramic items.

They all move off the shelves pretty quickly, Day said. But the majority of items sold at the shop feature country designs, a specialty of founder Mary Alice Hadley. The store has 16 separate country patterns featuring cats, dogs and other scenes you may see on a farm.

"A lot of the orders we have coming in, I’d say 75% of them are going to be country," Day said, noting the store had received at least 1,000 online orders in the two days following the closure announcement. "People are wanting to get their last pieces of it."

Hadley Pottery products are produced in-house, using clay shipped to Louisville from Terre Haute, Indiana. Shipping and production costs have risen in recent years, Day said, a key factor behind his decision to close up shop.

With that said, some of the products on the Hadley Pottery sales floor are pricey.

Day said the biggest items the store produces are the most expensive. For instance, 20-inch bowls are on sale for $271.75, and 15-inch plates go for $145.50 a pop.

It isn't just the pottery, either. An original portrait from Mary Alice Hadley produced during her time at Columbia University was available on the sales floor last week for $275.

Hadley Pottery is no longer taking custom orders online. But Amazon and other secondhand sellers have some interesting picks currently up for grabs.

One eBay listing has a 91-piece set of country-style items for sale for $500 — a high number, but less expensive than you'd find at the store (a few of the items are chipped or broken, the listing notes).

On Etsy, meanwhile, a seller has a full Hadley Pottery dinner set available for $700, with more than 50 items included.

Items on sale go beyond traditional dinnerware, too.

For $380 (and an additional $55 in shipping), a 14.5-inch hand-painted lamp shaped like a cat can be yours, according to one eBay listing.

And a custom plate from 1980 recognizing Christopher Dodd's win in Connecticut's U.S. Senate race is available for history buffs as well, for a price of $350.

Lucas Aulbach can be reached at laulbach@courier-journal.com, 502-582-4649 or on Twitter @LucasAulbach.