Set, Tableware
Object number2015.74.46 a-d
Manufacturer
Canonsburg Pottery Company
Date1910-1977
OriginCanonsburg, PA
MediumCeramic/Glaze/Paper
Credit LineGift of Fredric Bender
DescriptionCeramic dinnerware place setting consisting of box, cup, saucer, and plate in pattern Wild Rice or CAN 2. The dinner plate is missing from this set.
Cardboard box with product description and maker information on the front. The words are flanked by blue flowers and brown stalks of grain. There is an outline of the full set.
White cup with motif of blue flowers, brown leave, and yellow stalks of grain.
White saucer with motif of blue flowers, brown leaves, and yellow stalks of grain on the left center of the plate.
White bread and butter plate with motif of blue flowers, brown leaves, and yellow stalks of grain in the center of the plate.Dimensions(a) Height: 10.250, Width: 9.875, Depth: 3.500(b) Height: 2.250, Width: 4.750, Length: 3.938
(c) Height: .875, Diameter: 6.125
(d) Hieght .938, Diameter: 6.438
Marks(a)
Text on front "Single Service / WILD RICE / A PERMACAL PATTERN / DINNER PLATE, BREAD & BUTTER / SAUCER / CUP / 4 Pc. SET / CANONSBURG POTTERY COMPANY / CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA".
On the back are the words "GUARANTEE / WE GUARANTEE THIS DINNERWARE TO BE PRODUCED / IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN BY UNION LABOR. / THE DINNERWARE IS OF HIGHEST GRADE- CRAZE / PROOF - DETERGENT RESISTING- OVENPROOF / --- YOU CAN COOK AND SERVE IN IT. / CANONSBURG POTTERY CO".
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
On View
Not on view
1924
