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Plate, Dinner

Object number2016.77.73

Manufacturer Jackson China Incorporated

OriginFalls Creek, PA

MediumCeramic; Paint

Credit LineGift of Brenda Weber

DescriptionWhite ceramic dinner plate with a red logo containing two anchors behind a circle with a shield on the rim. There are two thin green bands around the edge with a thicker red one in between them.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 9.125 × 1 in. (23.2 × 2.5 cm)
InscriptionsText inside logo on the front states "UNITED STATES COAST GUARD / SEMPER PARATUS / 1790".
MarksText on base states "JACKSON / CHINA / MARINE WORKS / NEW YORK".
Historical NotesThis dinner plate was brought home by Clark C. Simpson from Citizen's Military Training Camp at Fort Sill, Oklahoma when he was 16 in 1927. Part of a collection of pieces made by the Jackson China Company. These were collected by the donor’s parents Marilyn and Wallace Weber. Marilyn’s mother had a Xenia patterned plate from Jackson China and Marilyn wanted to complete the set, this started a lifetime of collecting Jackson China. Collected to document a local industry and company. Jackson China was located in Falls Creek, PA and was started by Harry William Jackson after moving to Dubois, PA in 1914. He purchased the former Bohemian Art Pottery site (formerly Crystal Glass Company site) and formed Jackson China Company with Emanuel A. Fischel who had started Bohemian. Jackson was an English immigrant. Jackson was murdered by an employee in 1924 and Fischel ran the company until 1943. The pottery was most known for industrial restaurant ware, but also had several lines of fine china. The collection documents a range of both time and styles produced by Jackson as well as some items that show competitor's China, unfinished pieces with their finished counterparts, and tools of the trade. Jackson China closed in 1985.

Collector Marilyn Weber

Collector Wallace Weber

Related institution United States Coast Guard

Related institution Citizen's Military Training Camp

Previous owner Clark C Simpson

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