Dish, Butter
Object number2015.74.1 a-c
Manufacturer
Canonsburg China Company
Date1901-1909
OriginCanonsburg, PA
MediumCeramic/Glaze
Credit LineGift of Fredric Bender
DescriptionCeramic butter dish consisting of lid, insert, and bowl in pattern CAN 239.
White, round, domed butter dish lid with overglazed gold handle. Along the circumference of the outside rime there is a continuous patter of pink roses with green leaves alternating with blue scrolls. Between this patter and the rim is a thin gold line.
White, round butter dish insert with round hole in center.
White, round butter dish bowl with continuous alternating pattern of pink roses with green leaves and blue scrolls along the rim. Between the pattern and the rim is a thin gold line. There is a thin gold line along the outer circumference of the bowled portion.Dimensions(a) height: 3.125, diameter: 5.875, circumference: 18.313(b) height: .500, diameter: 4.813, circumference: 15188
(c) height: 1.125, diameter: 7.813, circumference: 24.625
Marks(c)
There is a green maker's mark reading "CANONSBURG" encircling "CHINA" in the center of the underside of the bowl.
Historical NotesPart of a collection of Canonsburg pottery and W. S. George pottery. Canonsburg China Company was founded in 1900 to take advantage of natural resources in Canonsburg. A few years later the name changed to Canonsburg Pottery. At about the same time, board member W. S. George split away from the company to found W.S. George Pottery Company. It operated until the 1960s before changing ownership through a series of mergers and finally closing. Canonsburg Pottery continued operation until 1977 before regulations and a declining economy resulted in closure. These items expand the History Center’s existing glass collection while also demonstrating the impact of economic growth and decline in Western Pennsylvanian communities.
Collector
Fredric G. Bender
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