posted on October 31, 2003 09:09:56 AM
A few mos ago, I had a salad plate in this pattern marked SYRACUSE CHINA -- today Ralphie dragged home this DINNER PLATE made by WHO??
posted on October 31, 2003 09:46:41 AM
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dinerware/bitz20.html
Now you just need to figure out which hotel or railroad it came from?
Pottery History in Trenton, New Jersey
By 1869, the pottery industry was gaining strength in Trenton, New Jersey. Thomas Maddock entered the pottery industry, and soon his family had a number of potteries operating there. In another part of Trenton near the Port of Lamberton, three Quakers, George Comfort, Thomas Bell, and Jonathan Stewart, formed a two-kiln pottery that they named the Lamberton Works after the nearby port. In 1892, a fire in one of the Maddock plants caused Thomas Maddock to buy the old Lamberton Works plant for his Maddock Pottery Company. The Maddocks made a fine grade of semi-porcelain for use by hotels at the Lamberton Works plant, including lines called America China and Lamberton China.
In 1901, D. William Scammell joined the Maddocks and soon was investing in the company. In 1923, he bought the remaining interest in the company and formed the Scammell China Company, which made hotel and railroad china. Scammell China made lines named Lamberton China and Trenton China, but which were made with formulas different from the Maddock's formula. Scammell China became leading restaurant china producer.
posted on October 31, 2003 10:27:24 AM
Tom...Scammel went out of business in 1954. They were purchased by Sterling. The hotel or railroad that used this pattern would have had to find another company to continue it after that date. In this case they chose Syracuse. The piece you have now is much older than the Syracuse you had before.
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posted on October 31, 2003 01:02:33 PM
I found out your pretty plate is in the "DeWitt Clinton" pattern, and is also made by Syracuse China. The backstamp dates it to between c. 1931-1954.
