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Retro Duralex.
This brownish glass dinnerware was a wedding gift for my parents when they got married in the seventies.
Now I am using it, every day :-)
Were you searching for tomorrow with your tiger by your side?
Or was it in rebellion that you slipped away to hide?
How quickly you discarded care in this enchanted dell...
when the beauty of the butterfly caught you in its spell.
Remember, nymph, this moment...for in beauty, there is peace
...and, from today's insistent world of tensions...a release.
Whatever fills your future...laughter, anger, joys or sorrows...
Grant the world of beauty its fair share in your tomorrows.
(L'envoi....our constant search for the "beautiful best" is proof that we deserve you...wherever you are when you come of age we'll be on hand to serve you.)
Franciscan Fine Dinnerware
Lew Reese started Scio Pottery so that people could have affordable dinnerware. It started in 1933. It was designed and built by a Scio resident. It closed for awhile because of a fire in 1947. Very few workers got hurt but luckily there was a doctor nearby. The town of Scio helped build it again. At one point, 1,380 people worked there. It was the largest employer in Harrison county for many years.
They got clay from North Carolina. They made cups, plates, bowls, saucers and soup bowls. They put nothing on the bottoms so the prices stayed low.
One of the machines they used was a jigger. It was a large table that moved. It helped a lot. They made 24,000 dozen pieces of pottery in one day. They packed the pottery in straw and sent it to stores on a train. Some of their markets were Campbell Soups and Maxwell House Coffee, Ben Franklin, Woolworth's and Kresges.
The pottery supported many families financially. One of our teachers put herself through college with money she earned working at Scio Pottery. She worked there for ten years.
The Reese family has owned it since it first opened. Chris, Doug, and Steve Reese are the current owners.
The Scio Pottery stopped making pottery in 1985. Now it does bagging cement and custom cement blending. They also put decals on mugs for Custom Edge.
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Japanese early 1900s ceramic and porcelain designs from the Noritake Factory, a renowned Japanese tableware brand. Noritake was established in 1904 with the intent to create western style dinnerware for export. The early dinnerware plates were carefully handcrafted and hand painted by artisans with decorative floral patterns. Today Noritake Factory is a leader in tableware manufacturing known for unique designs and superior quality. We have digitally enhanced these antique porcelain design illustrations into high resolution printable quality. Download for free and use under the Creative Commons License.
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“ La Maison du Cartier ” - Dinnerware, made in 1986. Produced in France.
Cartier's limoges porcelain with fine 24kt gold decorations in elegant Art Deco design.
measures approx.
8 dinner plate 10 1/4" (26.2cm) diameter,
8 cup 3 1/8" (7.9cm) diameter 2 1/8" (5.5cm) tall,
8 saucer 5 5/8" (14.2cm) diameter.
Each piece is signed on the underside with ‘LA MAISON DE LOUIS CARTIER’ with CARTIER logo mark in underneath.
Below that is MADE IN FRANCE and LIMOGES Cartier 1986.
Complete with original red Cartier boxes, cloth bags and certificates.
Few marks on box but very minor. dinner plate only, cup and soucer no box.
No chips marks cracks in amazing condition.
There's used for only 5 days.
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“ Panther Stationery ” -24 folded note cards.
They feature panther embossed on off-white thick paper.
Condition: Excellent, never been used.
measures approx. height 4 7/8" (12.3cm) width 3 1/2" (8.9cm)
Includes original red Cartier box.
date purchase : sep 26, 1995
place : paris cartier store
today cost : jpy 340,000
This salad plate is part of a set of four called Goldfish, designed by Vera Neumann for Mikasa. They were found in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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1960 melmac dinnerware - sugar bowl, plate, cup / rainbowware, buckingham quebec - creamer / oneida canada, niagara falls ontario
THE FRAUNFELTER CHINA
CHESTERTON, IND.
Date: Circa 1920
Source Type: Catalog Lithograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Fraunfelter China Company
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The American China Products Company began operations in Chesterton in 1922 and was backed by the Aluminum Company of America. The company produced restaurant dinnerware for hotels and other institutional purchasers. The manufacturing facility was located on the north side of Broadway between Ninth and Twelfth Streets. The Fraunfelter China Company, located in Ohio, purchased American China Products Company in 1923. In December of 1925, Fraunfelter China Company closed their Chesterton manufacturing facility. In May of 1931, Fraunfelter China Company sold the American China Products Company operations; however, at the time of this sale the Chesterton manufacturing plant had not been in operation since December of 1925.
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The following news item appears in the November 25, 1920, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
U.S. CHINA COMPANY IS FORMED
Incorporated With Capital of $200,000 and Directors are Named.
WORK ON REMODELING THE PLANT GOING FAST
Theodore Dittel as General Manager and Head of Concern Making Progress.
The United States China Company of Chesterton with a capital of $200,000 has been incorporated. Articles of incorporation have been issued by William A. Roach, secretary of state of Indianapolis for the new concerning, and have been filed in the office of County Recorder J. W. McNay. The object of the company is to manufacture and sell pottery and earthen ware.
The directors are Walter Luttringhouse, Charles D. Howe, Otto E. Freund and O. A. Eberhardt, of Chicago, and A. J. Vits of eKnosha [sic; Kenosha], Wis., Fred E. Lang of Glen Ellyn, Ill., Robert E. O'Dea and Albert G. Ziesk of Chicago, as incorporating members.
Theodore Dittel, who has been at the head of the company's work in the local plant, stated today that excellent progress had been made with the remodeling and rebuilding of the buildings and that within two weeks the building would be practically completed. Then machinery and ,kilns will be installed so that with the coming of summer next year a working force of 400 people would be employed. John Ameling has the contract for the building work.
Mr. Dittel is general manager of the concern and the actual head of the business, although at the present time because of legal considerations, he did not take title of a director or officer in the company. There is a possibility of a reorganization and a recapitalization in the future.
The small kiln which was built last summer and which was tried out a short time ago with great success, will not be fired again until machinery has been installed to manufacture the clay for burning. Mr. Dittel stated it would probably be fired again in January.
Machinery is expected to arrive daily. The rooms are practically ready for it. A new concrete floor is being laid throughout the entire plant which is almost finished. A heating plant has been installed.
The kiln which was built a year ago by Anton Schmidt who at that time was in possession of the building has been torn down. The pits and passages built under the ground surface for the old glass furnace which was in use here some years ago, have been filled up and leveled off and a foundation prepared for a new large kiln. There will eventually be five of these large kilns.
Court Papers Forwarded.
The suit for damages of $250,000 against the group of men who have possession of the plant mentioned here, which was brought last summer by Anton Schmidt may be tried at Hammond. The completed transcript of the case has been forwarded to Indianapolis from the office of County Clerk Jones. Judge Anderson may, it is said, hear the case at Hammond as that would be a convenient point and sometimes the direct federal court sits at that place. If not there the trial will be had in Indianapolis.
Schmidt's suit which was brought through Attorney C. W. Jensen is based upon his allegation that he had perfected processes of making fine chinaware working under an agreement with a group of Chicago men, and that as soon as he was actually ready to go ahead with the manufacture, his secrets were used by his associates and operations began. The defendants deny Schmidt's possession of any particular secrets and declare they had waited too long for him to produce the goods, and finally took possession of the plant and brought here a man thoroughly conversant with the process, who is, it would appear ready to make the ware on a large scale.
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The following news item appears in the June 16, 1921, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
TO ERECT BUILDINGS AT PLANT
U. S. China Company Ready to Expend Nearly $100,000 in Improving Local Factory
Nearly a hundred thousand dollars will be spent by the U. S. China company this summer in extensive building operations at its plant here. Complete plans have been prepared under the direction of Theodore Dittell, the head of the company and the manager actively in charge of the local factory. The letting of the contract awaits only the untangling of certain legal matters in connection with the damage suit of Anton Schmidt, formerly in charge of the plant here, who was ousted by his Chicago associates when he failed to satisfy them with his work here.
A new building will be erected at the corner of Waverly road and Broadway, just east of the present plant. It will be 100x300 feet in dimensions, two stories high and be built of brick. It will be entirely fire-proof. This building will be used entirely by the art department of the china factory. It will also contains the offices of the company.
Here will be the work rooms of the artists who will decorate the ware before it is burnt. There will also be small kilns to set the colors before subjecting the ware to the intense heat of the larger kilns.
Another building fifty feet square is to be erected on the west side of the present building. This will contain the machinery to make the saggers, which are the containers in which the ware is deposited as it is placed in the kiln.
Manager Dittell has had a force of men working for the last two weeks cleaning out the old buildings, and cleaning up the wards west of the plant. The buildings next to the N. Y. C. railroad tracks are to be thoroughly overhauled, a concrete floor constructed over the entire plant, and a new roof built to cover the whole north half of the old plant.
The sewers which formerly drained the factory building are now being located, so that the necessary plumbing can be done before the contractors start work upon the construction proper. The work of installing the necessary drain and water pipes for the plumbing will begin next week.
Five large kilns are to be build [sic] in the kiln room which occupies the central part of the old plant, and which has already been rebuilt with new roof and raised to include a second story. Workmen are already started on this job, and the foundations of the first of the large kilns is completed, and the walls are being raised.
This work is proceeding rather slowly as the building of the kiln is a technical and difficult matter and must have the constant supervision of Mr. Dittell.
A force of about 25 is now employed at the pant.
A considerable quantity of ware has been burnt, and it is all fine work, with a beautiful white glaze. Burning in the smaller kiln which was completed last fall, has, now, however, been temporarily discontinued, pending the arrival of an expert kiln burner from the eastern chinaware plants. Mr. Dittell is now giving his entire time to the work of rebuilding the plant.
When completed the factory will employ several hundred persons.
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The following news item appears in the July 28, 1921, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
BOOM FOR CHESTERTON LOOMS; WORK STARTS ON $100,000 CONTRACT
Work is under way on a contract amounting to nearly $100,000 for enlarging the plant of the U. S. China company. The Foster Lumber company of Valparaiso has the work in charge. The contract is to be completed in about two months. Machinery will then be installed as rapidly as it can be procured. This will cost about $50,000 or more.
The factory will be fitted up inside during the winter, and some manufacturing done. by spring it will be in full operation, according to Theodore Dittell, the head of the concern, and will employ 500 to 600 people.
This means that Chesterton will expand rapidly in population during the next year. It means that the lethargy in industrial expansion which was pervaded the community for sow [sic] many years is about the break. Employment will be given to many local people, and more must come if the demand for labor of this new company is complied with.
Five new buildings are being erected. The largest will be on the corner of Broadway and Waverly, and will be 200 feet frontage on Broadway and 250 feet along the side street. This building will be two stories high. The other buildings are 40 to 50 feet square and are additions to the buildings now standing.
When completed the factory will be modern in every respect and so arranged that the greatest economy will be effected in the manner in which the new material goes through the factory and is converted into the finished product.
The U. S. China company will manufacture a high grade of chinaware, consisting of dishes of all kinds, and several grades will be made. The heavier dishes for hotel use will be made as well as the lighter and finer china. The feature of the ware will be a brilliant white glaze finish that not often is produced in America.
Five enormous kilns will be built to burn this ware in. One is already under construction and the more difficult part, the base, is practically completed. It will be extended through the upper floor and through the roof of the kiln room in a short time. The kiln whose chimney can be seen from outside the plant now is a small kiln build [sic; built] first to try out the clay. It will be used for small work and experimental purposes.
The buildings are all to be built of brick. They will be painted red and the plant bet surrounded with a brick wall, with iron latticed gates in front. This will give it a most attractive appearance. The house which now stands on the grounds and which the manager, Mr. Dittell, is using as a resident will not be moved.
The large building to be built on the corner will contain the offices on the ground floor. The upper floor will be used by the artists who will decorate the ware. The rear will contain the ovens for baking in the colors which they will apply.
Back of the large building will be a small one story building for a power house.'
The rear of the old building along side the car track will be refloored and part of the walls rebuilt. This is to be flanked with two new buildings, one on each side 40 feet square and two stories high.
Another building about 50 feet square and two stories high will be built on the west side of the main plant.
Concrete floors will extend practically throughout the entire plant. In some of the rooms they will be covered with a boarded floor.
Mr. Dittell has now worked out in detail the arrangement of his factory. the rooms are so arranged that the raw materials as they are dumped into the bins from the cars on the railroad siding start their journey through the plant, and without repeating any stage of the trip emerge on the other side in the form of dishes, packed and ready to ship.
The heavier machinery has been already ordered. Orders for the remainder are being placed from time to time.
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The following news item appears in the August 11, 1921, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
U. S. CHINA PLANT IS BEING PUSHED RAPIDLY
Construction is progressing rapidly at the plant of the U. S. China company. Brick walls are going up fast seemingly all over the grounds. Theodore Dittell, manager of the works, has placed all orders for machinery. The building will be completed by October, according to present prospects, the machinery will be installed within another month or two, and the kilns built, so that the plant will be on a working basis before the end of the year.
The foundation on the new building at the corner of Waverly road and [B]roadway is being placed. The walls on the four other buildings are being raised rapidly, and some are as high as ten feet or more now.
The placing of the foundations for the heavy machinery in the plant will be started in a week or two.
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The following news item appears in the September 23, 1921, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CHINA COMPANY CAPITALIZATION NEARS MILLION
The United States China company of Chesterton has been granted authority by the secretary of state to increase its capitalization from $200,000 to $875,000. The name of the corporation has been changed to the American China Products company, and the number of directors increased from seven to nine. Present indications point to a prosperous future for this concern and this communi[t]y.
The directorate and stockholders of the company consist almost entirely of Chicago parties. Theodore Dittell, who has been in Chesterton for about a year, is manager of the concern.
The new buildings have been rapidly advanced recently. The buildings attached to the old plant are practically completed now except for finishing up inside and the installation of machinery. The larger building at the corner of Broadway is being pushed rapidly. The walls are raised practically to the second story. In the rear of this building another is being erected to house the big heating plant for the factory.
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The following news item appears in the December 1, 1921, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
FAIR WEATHER WILL COMPLETE PLANT IN WEEK
The big plant of the American China company, will be completed in about another week if the good weather continues, at least as far as the outside construction is concerned.
Work of finishing the interiors of the buildings is under way. Machinery is not arriving as fast as was expected, but several carloads are at the plant and are being unloaded, and installed.
The big kiln, first of a series of 6, is now practically completed and its tall chimney may be seen through the roof of the kiln house. Work of digging the foundations of the other kilns is well under way.
A high brick wall is being constructed across the front of the factor grounds, extending from the old main building to the new office building on the corner. It will be trimmed with large wrought iron gates, and be surmounted with a concrete top. This will make the place attractive.
The 85 foot chimney from the boiler room is being raised and will be completed next week.
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The following news item appears in the December 15, 1921, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
NEW PLANT IS TOWN'S XMAS GIFT
American China Company Finishes Its New Buildings Here And Is Installing Machinery
Chesterton's greatest Christmas present is the big factor pictured on this page. The American China Products Company has erected a plant which when completely equipped with machinery as it will be in a few months will employ between 500 and 600 people. The product will be hard glazed chinaware, which heretofore has been produced only in Europe. The general accepted theory that American clay and raw material could not be finished into ware to equal that produced in Europe has been proven false and already the plant has produced a small amount of hard glazed ware. The market is unlimited in America and there is every reason to believe that Chesterton's newest industry will develop into a gigantic institution.
From the bein[g]ing of the world war it was difficult or practically impossible to obtain hard glazed china in American markets, as no hard glazed china had ever been produced in this country in commercial quantities. The American markets were dependent entirely upon importations from abroad.
Due to this fact, a group of progressive, far-seeing business men of Chicago began an investigation to see if it were possible to develop a new American industry of manufacturing high-grade, hard glazed china in this country, from American faw materials, in commercial quantities and competitive prices.
Theodore Dittel, was finally secured to place the project on a productive basis. A small kiln was built in the plant formerly occupied by a glass factory which had ceased operations years before, and where experiments had been carried on. Its design was similar to that in use in Europe. The work of preparing the clay was under Mr. Dittel's personal direction and instruction, some of it by his own hands. The first trial produced excellent china, with every piece practically perfect and with a fine white hard glaze.
Manufacture was carried on for a short time in a modest way until the success of the venture became assured. The American China Products Company was organized and incorporated under the laws of the state of Indiana and acquired the property and assets of the original founders. All of the men originally identified with the project have retained their interest and continued with the business.
The old plant has been rebuilt, remodeled and added to, until now it bears no resemblance to the careless buildings of a year ago. The Foster Lumber company of Valparaiso, were the contractors, and their work has been a credit to their company.
The buildings contain 80,750 square feet of floor space with ample ground for future expansion. Siding and switches from the E. J. & E. and N. Y. C. railroads are privately owned.
The buildings are equipped with the most modern labor saving and cost reducing equipment and devices, and when the machinery is installed the plant will be equal or superior to any European manufacturing plant engaged in the manufacture of china, both in the manner of economical production and the quality of the product.
The so-called chinaware, her[e]tofore produced in American are made with a "hard fire biscuit" and soft fire glaze. These goods do not hold up, as the glaze is softer than the body of the ware. The apparently dirty or soiled appearance of dishes with which all are more or less familiar, is the result of using this soft glaze porcelain.
For a number of years before the great war, the annual importation of chinaware into this country amounted to more than seventy million dollars worth of high grade chinaware broken every year in the city of Chicago alone, giving some idea of the vast market for the products of the local concern.
The making of pottery is probably one of the oldest known arts, dating back to the dawn of civilization by the peoples of all countries. The making of china, which is the highest grade of pottery has been developed to its highest degree in central European countries this far. Earthenware, stonewa[r]e, glazed pottery, and porcelain are profitably manufactured in many places in the United States, but heretofore it has been deemed impossible to produce transparent, vitrified, non-porous, hard-glazed china of sufficient tensile strength to compare favorably with the better known German, French Austrian and English makes.
Mr. Dittel, with his wife and varied experience in handling of various materials in the different countries of Europe has successfully processed American materials so that the products of the American China Products company are universally recognized by experts as being equal, of not superior to the better known wares of Europe.
The American China Product company is an Indiana corporation. It was organized during the year and has taken over the assets of the group of men who originally fostered the hard-glazed china project, and for whom Theodore Dittel acted as trustee.
Officers.
Walter Luttringhaus, president.
A. J. Vits, vice-president.
A. L. Rogers, secretary.
O. E. Freund, treasurer.
Directors.
Walter Luttringhaus, who is sales manager of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing of Chicago; A. J. Vits, who is vice-present and manager of the American Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co., of Chicago; O. E. Freund, who is chairman of the boar of Directors of the Rogers Park National Bank, Chicago, and the senior member of the firm of Wm. Freund & Sons, the largest and oldest engravers in Chicago. R. C. Smith, president of the R. C. Smith Auto Co. and director of the Calhoun State Bank, Minneapolis. C. W. D. Doubleday, president Doubleday & Doubleday, Inc., of Chicago, and vice president William Prentiss, Jr. Company, Chicago. H. J. Frank, capitalist and chairman, board or [sic; of] directors United States Mortgage Company.
The capital stock of the company is $750,000.00. The preferred stock is par value $100.00 per share and amounts to $500,000.00. The common stock is par value $25.00 and amounts to $250,000.00. There are no bonds or mortgages.
It is estimated that about $300,000 has been spent in building and equipping the local plant up to the present time.
Theodore Dittel was born in Breslau, Silesia. His father was the manager of a large china manufacturing plant where Mr. Dittel received his first actual technical experience as a ceramic engineer. He also attended a technical ceramic school. Later he became associated with another company and built a china plant for them in Silesia. He became associated with a number of firms later as technical manager, and was general manager of a china factory in Milan, Italy, for five years. His experience in European plants was very entensive [sic].
He left his native country some ten years ago to continue his chosen profession in the United States, and as the result of numerous and extensive experimentations, he has successfully made hard glazed transparent china in commercial quantities, and of a tough, durable quality, from American raw materials.
Mr. Dittel planned and supervised the building of the immense plant here.
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The following news item appears in the February 23, 1922, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CHESTERTON CHINA NOW MADE AS WHEELS TURN AT THE NEW FACTORY
The wheels have started to turn in Chesterton's newest big industry.
The heaviest of the machines have been installed, equipped with motors and are ready to run. Within a week burnings in the big kiln which was the first to be completed with be made. The first product will be samples of some sixty or more models of ware which have been already modeled. Manufacture of saggers, which are the vessels containing the ware when it is put into the kiln, has been going on with the newly installed machinery for over a week, to prepare for the burnings.
The words, "Chesterton China," are being stamped upon every piece of ware which the plant turns out. The company has decided to name its ware after the town where the plant is located. This will great advertisement for Chesterton. The product of the factory when it gets fairly under way is estimated to be about $2,000,000.00 worth per year. A great many pieces of ware will be distributed over the country during the course of a year, each bearing the name of this town.
The big plant will not be running to its capacity until late in the summer on account of delays in securing machinery, according to the statement of Theodore Dittel, general superintendent and manager of the local factory. By that time, however, there will be over 500 persons employed at the factory.
Had the machinery been delivered according to contract the plan would be able to run at capacity within a few weeks. Several large machines ordered from Germany last July7, after it was found to be impossible to obtain them in this country are still undelivered, and Mr. Dittel has no idea when they will come.
The decorating department, which will require perhaps 250 works has no equipment as yet. This is located in the new building at the corner of Broadway and Waverly, and construction work is just being completed on it.
This will not be allowed to hold up the work in other departments however, as arrangements have been made to have decorating done in another plant to take care of what ware is manufactured before this department is in condition to operate.
Several skilled china workers have been secured from eastern states recently and put to work on the manufacture of the saggers, molds, and models of samples soon to be burned. It is not planned to bring over more skilled workmen from Germany, at least for some time.
Foundations for all the kilns have been completed. One cannot appreciate what an immense task it is to build a kiln, until it is actually seen under construction. Several carloads of brick are required for each, and they must be placed with absolute precision and accuracy. The first of five of the large kilns is completed, and has been fired. It will have its first burning of ware next week. A second large kiln is well under way, and the foundations of three others are ready for the walls. The first kiln built, completed last summer is smaller, and has been used from time to time in burning saggers and the small quantity of ware which has been produced thus far.
One of the noteworthy features in the operation of the plant is that the clay in undergoing the cleaning and refining process before being molded into the shape desired, is placed in solution and pumped from one machine to the other, and finally pumped to the molding department to be made into ware. The time this saves is incalculable. The same efficiency is apparent throughout the whole establishment.
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The following news item appears in the April 6, 1922, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
VISIT TO CHINA PLANT REVEALS THE HUM OF ACTIVITY IN EVERY DEPARTMENT; FORCE ABOUT 125
(By C. G. Chaney)
The American China Products company has made strides in the past month that are little short of marvelous.
In a visit to the factory Thursday afternoon, I found the departments humming and alive with activity. There are about 125 people employed there now, according to Theodore Dittel, general manager.
Entering the gate I walked into a modern looking office where two young ladies sat behind desks. I asked for Mr. Dittel and he came out and courteously inquired if I cared to look through the factory. I told him I came to see what was being accomplished that the Tribune might inform the people of Chesterton who were obviously interested in the factory and its progress.
We went first to the old office room, which is now fitted up as a laboratory.
Then I watched several workmen in long white coats workink [sic; working] over a number of machines, shaping models for the dishes which are made in this plant. They were all Germans who were experts, and had been brought here specially for this work.
The next department contained five women and girls, who were polishing the new shaped vessels. A machine had just been installed here than enables these five to do what otherwise would require 22. This machine had to be imported from Germany.
In the center of the group of buildings is one with perfectly white walls and which has a flood of light entering from above. It has several long benches with rapidly whirling machines something like a vertical lathe. Here is where the dishes are shaped. A great number of men and women are employed here. Everything is kept scrupuously [sic] clean and in order. This is the rule throughout the plant and it is very evident it is observed carefully.
In the rear are a number of bins containing clay of various hues and texture. Nearby is a room containing an enormous grinding machine with three giant rocks bearing on each other. Each weighs several tons.
One of the most marvelous features of the factory is the system of transporting the clay. It must be dissolved to clean and purify it and in this condition the clay is pumped from one machine to another and finally conveyed to the molding room through pipes.
Another machine was received this week from Germany. It, too, could not be obtained in America. After the clay is precipitated from its solution it must be kneaded like the housewife kneads dough. The object is to free it from air pockets. This is a tremendous task to perform by hand as it has been done heretofore. The new machine kneads the clay in huge quantities and does it quickly.
The kiln room is a great scene of activity. Masons have brought the third kiln up to the roof, and in a few days the chimney will be built above it and it will appear above the roof. Three other kilns have their structure completed several feet above the ground.
The first of the large kilns has been fired several times and perfectly shaped dishes of various kinds, hard and glistening white are to be seen stacked up in immense quantities, although Mr. Dittel states that production is as yet scarcely under way compared to what will be accomplished when all kilns are in operation.
Only one small kiln for setting the color decorations on the china has been installed. These look like ovens and are not nearly so large or heavy. Kilns have been ordered from Germany and are on the way.
The workroom for the artists and decorators is now ready to be fitted up. The chief of this department has a number of girls now under instruction and it will not be long before this department will be busy as the rest. I saw a number f pieces here that were quite beautiful, and artistic.
The china produced so far is rather heavy and designed for hotel use. It is apparent, however, even to an outsider who knows nothing about china that the materials are of the best, and that a factory which produces such ware before it has gotten fairly under way can beyond doubt produce that thin and transparent variety that is a delight to the feminine heart.
It has taken a good many months to bring the plant to its present development, but when one considers the rickety old building that was taken over by this company a couple of years ago, and then observes what it has been converted into, one realizes readily enough why it has required time.
It is a wonderful industrial enterprise.
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The following news item appears in the June 8, 1922, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT FOR TRIAL SCHMIDT'S SUIT
A special term of the Superior court is to be held beginning July 11, at which the long pending action of Anton Schmidt against the U. S. China Company will be tried. This is the action in which Schmidt seeks a hearing on his petition seeking to restrain U. S. China company, which has recently be named The American China Products company, from using his "secrets" and "formulas" in manufacturing hard glaze chinaware.
Schmidt entered into an agreement with a group of Chicago financiers to perfect a process of making chinaware of glaze and texture equal to the products of the European factories out of raw materials found in America. The "old glass factory" was secured for his experiments. He erected a kiln and spent about a year at the work. He alleges that by reason of extensive experience in potteries in Germany he was possessed of secret processes. Finally his Chicago financial backers became dissatisled [sic; dissatisfied] with his results, after spending about $30,000.00 on the project. The doors of the plant were locked against him and a contract was entered into with Theodore Dittel to take charge of the plant.
After a few months Mr. Dittel had erected a kiln of different design, and was turning out chinaware which evidently brought satisfaction to the Chicago men.
Thereupon a company was organized, considerable capital placed at the disposal of Mr. Dittel and the splendid factory erected in Chesterton which today employs about 160 people and is constantly adding to its production and its working force.
Anton Schmidt alleges that all this is made possible by the use of his own secret formulas and processes. He has instituted an action for damages for $250,000 which is now pending in the federal courts.
The trial of the other suit, in which he asks the court to issue an injunction against the American China company using his "processes" is the one to be tried at the special term in July. It has been continued many times from one date to another, Mr. Schmidt declaring that the testimony of his wife is essential, and Mrs. Schmidt is now in Europe. It is expected she will return by that time.
In the meantime Anton Schmidt has organized the Columbia China company, has secured capital in Chicago, and has added considerably to the building formerly used by the Schmidt Color & Chemical company. One kiln has been built and china making machinery installed. There have been several burnings of the kiln, it is reported, with indifferent success.
The Schmidt Color & Chemical company is now in process of dissolution. The stock was sold to various parts of the country. It is said that this is being taken up and stock of the Columbia China company issued in its stead.
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; June 15, 1922; Volume 39, Number 14, Page 1, Columns 3-4. Column titled "Plan A Big China Plant for Valpo."
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The following news item appears in the June 15, 1922, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
PLAN A BIG CHINA PLANT FOR VALPO
A china factory, three times as large as the Chesterton plant will be erected in Valparaiso within two years by the American China Products company. The local factory will have six kilns when completed. It will employ about 600 people. The new unit will have 18 kilns and employ over 1500 people. It will be built in Valparaiso instead of Chesterton because it is believed labor will be more plentiful there.
These startling facts were revealed Tuesday by Theodore Dittel. Mr. Dittel is the china manufacturing expert who built the local plant, and who is general manager. It is his knowledge of china making processes, obtained in the potteries of Bavaria, which has opened up the way for a new industry in America. The local plant has been markedly successful and some beautiful ware has been turned out. Orders are piling up, the demand for the excellent ware is so great it is not a question of getting orders. It is already a question of how to fill them. The ware is not like anything made in the United States. It is equal to or superior to the hard white and transparent china which is made in the potteries of central Europe.
The Chesterton factory will be completed some time this fall and will be in full operation and completely organized by the middle of winter. It is expected that about that time steps will be taken to expand the company, and provide for the bigger unit in a nearby city.
Mr. Dittel, then will be able to give his attention to the project, and it will have been proven beyond all doubt that chinaware, equal to that produced abroad can be produced in American on a quantity and competitive basis.
The writer had the privilege Tuesday morning of seeing the last large kiln build, opened after a burning. It contained over 7,000 pieces of ware of all designs. There are over 100 designs of ware produced at the factory now, and most of them were represented in the kiln. About 98 percent of the burnings are good. The two per cent which are imperfect is used in making glaze, so really there is no waste whatever, as the 2 per cent is about the proportion needed for making glaze.
A very unique cigar holder, ash tray and match holder, patented by a Chicago man, is being made in quantities. It has a number of small holes the size of a cigarette, around the edge, and is designed for placing the butts in to extinguish them promptly. It is becoming in great demand. There are five designs of ash trays and match holders which have been made. An order has been shipped for many thousands to a transcontinental railroad for use in its dining cars. Designs are being made for other railroads at the present time.
The decorating department of the factory is getting into action. A decorating oven in which the color design is burnt into the glaze, arrived last week from Detroit, damaged in shipment. This is being repaired. Orders for other ovens from Germany have been standing for many months, but the ovens are still undelivered. One small oven installed last winter is being used, and is working satisfactorily, except that it is too small for the demands upon it.
Two printing presses are being installed in the plant. These are used to print the colors upon the sensitized paper. The designs are in strips and pasted upon the ware. After a few moments they are removed by soaking them with water, applied by a brush. The design is left on the ware and burnt into the glaze.
There are three kilns in constant use at the factory. Three others are in the process of construction.
The texture of the ware produces is excellent. All designs and models are for hotel and dining car use, but in spite of their thickness, they are almost transparent. One can plainly see the outline of the fingers of any object held against the side and held to the light. If the edge of a piece of the ware be chipped, to show the texture of the glaze, it has the appearance of white glass.
All pieces are carefully sorted. The ware is divided into first, second and third quality. The first and second quality is all decorated. The third quality is sold white, and there is said to be a greater demand for it than can be produced.
Orders are now being produced for many of the leading hotels in the country.
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The following news item appears in the July 6, 1922, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
HEADS OF CHINA CO. VISIT VALPARAISO TO CONFER UPON SITE
As guests of the directors of the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce Wednesday noon, Walter Luttrinhaus, president of the American China Products company, and C. W. Duke Doubleday, a director of the company, outlined the future plans of the concern with reference to development of plants in Porter county.
Mr. Luttringhaus, in addressing the directors at the meeting, said that Valparaiso was an ideal city for the purpose and had some fine sites for china manufacturing purposes. "But we must first finish our Chesterton plant," said Mr. Luttringhaus, "for when fully developed it will employ between 500 and 600 people and is equipped to turn out two million dollars worth of china per year.
Just when they would finish the Chesterton project and their plans be fully developed for further expansion was not stated by Mr. Luttringhaus. Valparaiso is the first city on the list and is being carefully considered for the second plant when these plans develop, however, he stated.
"We chose Valparaiso because this city is close to our Chesterton plant," said Mr. Luttringhaus, "and the same superintendent can look after the general affairs of both plants. And, too, this is a proper location for a china plant. We have looked over the property here and find many ideal sites for such an enterprise. We will be able to get more help here than we would in Chesterton, and when our plant is developed here more than 1,000 people will be employed in the Valparaiso plant."
He also gave an explanation of the process used by this company in manufacturing china, and how the product differed from china made by all other American plants at the present time.
Mr. Doubledeay [sic] addressed the directors at length on the development of the American China Products company and its prospects for the future. He stated that there was now being developed in Porter county what was destined to be the greatest industry in the state, not excepting the steel industry. His company is the only one in America making china by the same method known now only to German manufacturers. The company has a large number of orders and the business is being developed rapidly, so that plans for expansion are being worked out.
An invitation to go to the chesterton p[lant and see the processes of manufacture was given by M. Kionka, also interested in the project and who attended the meeting.
An inspection of the Chesterton plant was made and the men came in cars furnished by M. R. Lowenstine, Dr. Ruge, F. R. Marine and C. L. Jeffrey. Several hours were spent going through the plant. The extent of the company's manufacturing was not fully realized until the inspection was completed, the special machinery - various processes, and the plan of operation being noted. The inspection gave them knowledge of what the future plant will be when developed here.
Recently an announcement was made, exclusively through the Chesterton Tribune, that the plant would be located in Valparaiso, and the visit of the officials of the company followed the announcement, to personally explain their plans. They were impressed with the courtesies shown them, and stated that when the plans were fully developed the Chamber of Com[m]erce would be advised.
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The following news item appears in the July 6, 1922, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
SCHMIDT'S PETITION UP ON TUESDAY
Whether the American China company is using "Secrets" and formulas originated by Anton Schmidt, to manufacture chinaware at its large factory in Chesterton will be decided next week in the Superior court with Judge Harry L. Crumpacker on the bench. If this is proven, a permanent injunction will likely be ordered by the court restraining the company from using these secrets and formulas.
If it shown that Theodore Dittel is an expert china manufacturer, and has ignored the experiments and "discoveries" of Mr. Schmidt, then the petition will be dismissed and the operations of the plant will proceed without danger of further interference.
A special term of court is scheduled for the hearing this case.
The plaintiff has secured a continuance several times as he desired the testimony of Mrs. Schmidt, who is in Austria visiting relatives. It is not known whether Mrs. Schmidt will be on hand to testify at the trial or not.
Anton Schmidt started operations in the plant of the old glass factory several years ago. He built a kiln and undertook the manufacture of various forms of chinaware, including doll heads and fancy vases, as well as dishes of various kinds. He was backed financially by Walter Luttringhaus and several others in Chicago. After spending about $30,000 and not accomplishing results satisfactory to his associates, Mr. Schmidt was ousted from the factory. Theodore Dittel was engaged by Mr. Luttringhaus and his associates, and since that time there has been steady progress and production is now under way. The factory will be on a capacity production basis within a few weeks.
Chas. W. Jensen and Ira Tilton are attorneys for Mr. Schmidt.
Kelly & Galvin, of Valparaiso, Osborn & Link of Laporte and Peaks, Bunch, Peaks & Latimer of Chicago are attorneys for the American China company.
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The following news item appears in the July 13, 1922, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
HEARING CHINA FACTORY CASE ON WEDNESDAY
The action of Anton Schmidt against the American China Products company was brought before Judge Harry L. Crumpacker in the Superior court in Valparaiso Wednesday morning. It was to have been called on Tuesday morning, but the judge was delayed in returning from an automobile trip to St. Paul by heavy rains in Wisconsin, and was unable to get to Valparaiso until Wednesday morning.
A large number of witnesses were called to testify in the case. Subpoenas were issued to a great number of persons who formerly were employed to operate the local plant, which has brown to such huge proportions since he left it.
The hearing Wednesday, was relative to Schmidt's petition for a permanent injunction against the American China company and Theodore Dittel, general manager, restraining them from using any of Schmidt's "secrets" and "processes" in manufacturing china.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; November 25, 1920; Volume 37, Number 37, Page 1. Column titled "U. S. China Company is Formed."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; June 16, 1921; Volume 38, Number 14, Page 1, Column 6. Column titled "To Erect Buildings at Plant."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; June 15, 1922; Volume 39, Number 14, Page 1, Columns 3-4. Column titled "Plan A Big China Plant for Valpo."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 28, 1921; Volume 38, Number 20, Page 1, Column 1. Column titled "Boom for Chesterton Looms; Work Starts on $100,000 Contract."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; August 11, 1921; Volume 38, Number 22, Page 4, Column 4. Column titled "U. S. China Plant is Being Pushed Rapidly."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; September 23, 1921; Volume 38, Number 28, Page 1, Column 5. Column titled "China Company Capitalization Near Million."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 1, 1921; Volume 38, Number 38, Page 1, Column 4. Column titled "Fair Weather Will Complete Plant in Week."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 15, 1921; Volume 38, Number 40, Page 11, Columns 2-6. Column titled "New Plant is Town's Xmas Gift. American China Company Finishes Its New Buildings Here And Is Installing Machinery."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; February 23, 1922; Volume 38, Number 50, Page 1, Column 6. Column titled "Chesterton China Now Made as Wheels Turn at the New Factory."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; April 6, 1922; Volume 39, Number 4, Page 1, Columns 3-4. Column titled "Visit to China Plant Reveals the Hum of Activity in Every Department; Force About 125," by C. G. Chaney.
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; June 8, 1922; Volume 39, Number 13, Page 1, Column 3. Column titled "Special Term of Court for Trial Schmidt's Suit."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 6, 1922; Volume 39, Number 17, Page 1, Columns 4-5. Column titled "Heads of China Co. Visit Valparaiso to Confer Upon Site."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 6, 1922; Volume 39, Number 17, Page 1, Column 6. Column titled "Schmidt's Petition Up On Tuesday."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 13, 1922; Volume 39, Number 18, Page 1, Column 5. Column titled "Hearing China Factory Case on Wednesday."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 20, 1922; Volume 39, Number 19, Page 1, Column 3. Column titled "Schmidt Tells Story In Court Of His Work."
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Not a very artistic photo, but a very interesting company, if you like beautiful, unusual dinnerware! I came across the company, looking for a single Christmas-themed plate at second-hand shops! I found one with 3 snowmen, at Goodwill, for $1.09! It was attractive & well-made, so I checked the back, for brand name. It turns out that Certified International Corporation has a wonderful collection of beautiful dinnerware! Pieces can be found on Amazon & various locations on the Internet--both current & past patterns. I fell in love with the set of blue poppies--bowls & salad plates! They arrived on New Year's Eve & I have already started enjoying them! BTW, there, actually, are blue poppies! longwoodgardens.org/blog/2011/03/17/a-true-blue-spectacle...
BUT they’re all too flat. I have sticky squares but I think they’re too high. I love the look and am seriously thinking of modifying a set of Gloria dishes with these designs and some Mod Podge! If I did I’d do a mixed set. I love the floral design on the Tartan.
Disney Fairytale Designer Collection
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Ariel and Prince Eric Mug
$12.95
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Drinkware for Adults $9 each when you buy 2 or more
Magical mornings
You'll become part of our world each and every morning while sipping from Ariel's elegant hot beverage mug with golden trims, styled to complement the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection.
Magic in the details...
•''Tulip'' shaped mug with base
•Ariel and Prince Eric screen art with floral brocade pattern
•Golden filigree handle and trims
•Golden Disney Fairytale Designer Collection logo inside lip
•Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection
The bare necessities
•Wash thoroughly before first use
•Microwave and dishwasher safe
•Ceramic
•Holds 12 oz.
•5'' H x 4'' Diameter (5 1/2'' W at handle)
•Imported
A set of 6 Ivory-color ceramic plates with lovely assorted color flowers painted for your dollhouse. You may also use it for your own handmade miniature dollhouse food. 6 plates in this set is perfect for a dinner setup, serving desserts or even use them separately to hold your doll's favourite food. You may even paint them and make them as display pieces in your dollhouse.
Suitable for 1:12 dollhouse miniature, Blythe, and Re-ment products.
Size: 3.5cm in diameter
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“ La Maison du Cartier ” - Dinnerware, made in 1986. Produced in France.
Cartier's limoges porcelain with fine 24kt gold decorations in elegant Art Deco design.
measures approx.
8 dinner plate 10 1/4" (26.2cm) diameter,
8 cup 3 1/8" (7.9cm) diameter 2 1/8" (5.5cm) tall,
8 saucer 5 5/8" (14.2cm) diameter.
Each piece is signed on the underside with ‘LA MAISON DE LOUIS CARTIER’ with CARTIER logo mark in underneath.
Below that is MADE IN FRANCE and LIMOGES Cartier 1986.
Complete with original red Cartier boxes, cloth bags and certificates.
Few marks on box but very minor. dinner plate only, cup and soucer no box.
No chips marks cracks in amazing condition.
There's used for only 5 days.
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“ Panther Stationery ” -24 folded note cards.
They feature panther embossed on off-white thick paper.
Condition: Excellent, never been used.
measures approx. height 4 7/8" (12.3cm) width 3 1/2" (8.9cm)
Includes original red Cartier box.
date purchase : sep 26, 1995
place : paris cartier store
today cost : jpy 340,000
Dinnerware received by Alexandra Pavlovna as part of her dowry.
Imperial Porcelain Manufacture, Saint Petersburg, 1790-1800
Hungarian Bride Exhibition, National Museum
Disney Fairytale Designer Collection
US Disney Store
Released 2013-08-12
Sold Out and back in stock repeatedly over the past week
As of 2013-08-15 7 pm PDT, it is SOLD OUT
As of 2013-09-05 12:20 AM PDT it is back in stock.
Product Information:
Ariel and Prince Eric Mug
$12.95
Item No. 6551011372248P
Drinkware for Adults $9 each when you buy 2 or more
Magical mornings
You'll become part of our world each and every morning while sipping from Ariel's elegant hot beverage mug with golden trims, styled to complement the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection.
Magic in the details...
•''Tulip'' shaped mug with base
•Ariel and Prince Eric screen art with floral brocade pattern
•Golden filigree handle and trims
•Golden Disney Fairytale Designer Collection logo inside lip
•Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection
The bare necessities
•Wash thoroughly before first use
•Microwave and dishwasher safe
•Ceramic
•Holds 12 oz.
•5'' H x 4'' Diameter (5 1/2'' W at handle)
•Imported
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Japanese early 1900s ceramic and porcelain designs from the Noritake Factory, a renowned Japanese tableware brand. Noritake was established in 1904 with the intent to create western style dinnerware for export. The early dinnerware plates were carefully handcrafted and hand painted by artisans with decorative floral patterns. Today Noritake Factory is a leader in tableware manufacturing known for unique designs and superior quality. We have digitally enhanced these antique porcelain design illustrations into high resolution printable quality. Download for free and use under the Creative Commons License.
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Someone left these dinner plates on the grass next to the street, not far from where I live. I caught them while going to the library. To the naked eye, they almost blended in with the grass, as if they were camouflage dinnerware. But they can be seen clearly with my phone camera. The neighbors leave all sorts of things out for other people to take, or for the city to pick up and take away. This was one of the more curious looking objects I saw that was left outdoors.
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Japanese early 1900s ceramic and porcelain designs from the Noritake Factory, a renowned Japanese tableware brand. Noritake was established in 1904 with the intent to create western style dinnerware for export. The early dinnerware plates were carefully handcrafted and hand painted by artisans with decorative floral patterns. Today Noritake Factory is a leader in tableware manufacturing known for unique designs and superior quality. We have digitally enhanced these antique porcelain design illustrations into high resolution printable quality. Download for free and use under the Creative Commons License.
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10/365 - January 10, 2010
I personally prefer my colorful Fiestaware, but I can't deny that food looks better on white dishes. This is my collection of dishes that I use for food photography. I finally found a white cake stand that I like, which prompted me to assess my whole collection. I need some bigger bowls. [More on my blog]
Ceramic 12" plate by American Greetings with art by Holly Hobbie. 1970's In my collection. Dec. 2018.
An exhibit at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. In the early years of railroading, trains would stop every several hours so that travelers could exit their coaches in search of an eating establishment. Realizing that it was much more efficient to serve meals to passengers while they traveled, George Pullman began constructing dining cars in 1868. Pullman leased his dining cars, each of which came with a full wait staff, to railroads across the nation. The staff included chefs, waiters and porters who prepared and served a large selection of food and beverages.
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Japanese early 1900s ceramic and porcelain designs from the Noritake Factory, a renowned Japanese tableware brand. Noritake was established in 1904 with the intent to create western style dinnerware for export. The early dinnerware plates were carefully handcrafted and hand painted by artisans with decorative floral patterns. Today Noritake Factory is a leader in tableware manufacturing known for unique designs and superior quality. We have digitally enhanced these antique porcelain design illustrations into high resolution printable quality. Download for free and use under the Creative Commons License.
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Lew Reese started Scio Pottery so that people could have affordable dinnerware. It started in 1933. It was designed and built by a Scio resident. It closed for awhile because of a fire in 1947. Very few workers got hurt but luckily there was a doctor nearby. The town of Scio helped build it again. At one point, 1,380 people worked there. It was the largest employer in Harrison county for many years.
They got clay from North Carolina. They made cups, plates, bowls, saucers and soup bowls. They put nothing on the bottoms so the prices stayed low.
One of the machines they used was a jigger. It was a large table that moved. It helped a lot. They made 24,000 dozen pieces of pottery in one day. They packed the pottery in straw and sent it to stores on a train. Some of their markets were Campbell Soups and Maxwell House Coffee, Ben Franklin, Woolworth's and Kresges.
The pottery supported many families financially. One of our teachers put herself through college with money she earned working at Scio Pottery. She worked there for ten years.
The Reese family has owned it since it first opened. Chris, Doug, and Steve Reese are the current owners.
The Scio Pottery stopped making pottery in 1985. Now it does bagging cement and custom cement blending. They also put decals on mugs for Custom Edge.
I think these are vintage restaurant ware. The cup is by Syracuse. The plates maybe Homer Laughlin or Syracuse? In my collection. Oct. 2017.
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Japanese early 1900s ceramic and porcelain designs from the Noritake Factory, a renowned Japanese tableware brand. Noritake was established in 1904 with the intent to create western style dinnerware for export. The early dinnerware plates were carefully handcrafted and hand painted by artisans with decorative floral patterns. Today Noritake Factory is a leader in tableware manufacturing known for unique designs and superior quality. We have digitally enhanced these antique porcelain design illustrations into high resolution printable quality. Download for free and use under the Creative Commons License.
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