FREEMASON HISTORICAL ANTIQUE 1904 50TH ANNIVERSARY CHINA POTTERY PLATE / MASONIC

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HISTORICAL ANTIQUE 1904 FREEMASON MASONIC TAYLOR,SMITH & TAYLOR CHINA POTTERY DINNER PLATE
MEASURES APPOX ~ 9" IN DIAMETER
EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR REPAIRS
TAYLOR, SMITH & TAYLOR POTTERY - COMPANYIN 1899, JOSEPH G. LEE, CHARLES. A. SMITH, JOHN N. TAYLOR, WILLIAM L. TAYLOR, AND HOMER J. TAYLOR FOUNDED TAYLOR, LEE & SMITH COMPANY. LEE WAS ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN KNOWLES, TAYLOR, & KNOWLES. A NEW PLANT WAS BUILT IN CHESTER, WEST VIRGINIA, BETWEEN JANUARY AND JUNE 1900. THE FIRST PRODUCTS WERE SHIPPED IN JANUARY 1901. THE CORPORATE OFFICES WERE IN EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, CONTACTED TO CHESTER BY A WALKWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE.LEE WITHDREW FROM THE COMPANY IN 1901. THE COMPANY WAS RENAMED TAYLOR, SMITH & TAYLOR POTTERY COMPANY. THE FIRM EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. HOMER AND WILLIAM TAYLOR STEPPED ASIDE. CHARLES SMITH AND HIS BROTHER WILLIAM PROVIDED THE CAPITAL NEEDED TO KEEP THE COMPANY OPERATING. THEY RETAINED THE TAYLOR, SMITH, AND TAYLOR NAME.TAYLOR, SMITH & TAYLOR MADE A WIDE RANGE OF PLAIN AND PAINTED SEMI-PORCELAIN WARES, FOR EXAMPLE, DINNERWARE, HOTEL AND RESTAURANT WARE, AND TOILET SETS. LU-RAY, INTRODUCED IN 1930, PEBBLEFORD, AND VISTOSA ARE THREE OF THE COMPANY’S MOST POPULAR DINNERWARE SHAPES. IN THE 1960S, A LINE OF COOKING AND OVEN WARE WAS PRODUCED. SPECIAL COMMISSION WORK RANGED FROM DINNERWARE PREMIUMS FOR MOTHER’S OATS TO GIGI AND HOLLY HOBBY PLATES FOR THE AMERICAN GREETING CORPORATION.ANCHOR HOCKING PURCHASED TAYLOR, SMITH & TAYLOR IN 1973. ANCHOR HOCKING ENDED PRODUCTION AT THE FORMER PLANT IN 1982
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