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| Anchor Pottery of Trenton New Jersey produced fine dinnerware from 1893 to 1926. The firm was purchased by Fulper Pottery in 1926. Anchor Pottery had been owned by the Grand Union Tea Company and was used to manufacture premiums that Grand Union gave away in the house-to-house sales program, according to a Stangl Company book. These lovely vintage plates are Victorian in decoration with some Aesthetic Period motifs in the transferware pattern. It is a brown transfer pattern around the trim. The semi-porcelai plate has crazing but no chips or cracks. The one plate has a tight hairline on the back as shown in the photo. The mark on the damaged plate was registered in 1918, according to the Lois Lehner book (page 25). The mark on the undamaged plate is listed as Mark 1, meaning it could be from the earliest 1890s period but I am not sure. The pattern is the Elite pattern. The plates measure a little over 9 inches. They are a great piece of American dinnerware. Add it to your buffet or shabby chic decor today. Use both or hang them decoratively. |
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