The Pattern is "Mary Ann." May I assume that the "6" is what identifies this piece as a bowl? Shoot an email out to them and ask, can't hurt. There may be a chance that since these companies were fairly big and important in a small place that's even smaller now, they may have a museum or historian who can help you out. George, the business stayed in the family until the mid-70s. The CAN47 is probably from Replacements, when they don't have a pattern name, they just use the first three letters of the maker and the number comes from the next unidentified pattern, hence CAN47.Ĭanonsburg China was started by John George who was related to W.S. gold Mary Ann - 6." CAN 47 is what I found on Replacements com. Says: "The Hallmark of Quality Canonsburg Warranted 22 kt. Can anyone here date this for me? I found Hallmark's on nine plates to two large bowls, in which I added two pictures. Having difficulty dating these inventory. Not much help, I'm afraid, and take it for what it's worth. The 1950's sound about right, but these pieces appear to be older, and more rare than other patterns that I'm finding.Īnyway, I have about 90 pieces that I need to sell as soon as I can definitively find out exactly what they are. I tend to believe that the "47" is not the year I hope I can date this material to between 19 as then I could state they were made during the Great Depression. So you can see why accurately dating a product is important. Also, the date is important, because I'm trying to determine its value for resell this is assuming that older is rarer and worth more. Someone told me that "47" in the Pattern Name: "CAN 47" means 1947, but I can neither confirm or deny this as being true. Good luck!Įven more tenuous: pink and grey was a very popular combination in the 50s, which is what that pattern suggests to me, 50s era. I guess it's all in how determined you are to find out. George could be a lead, but pretty tenuous. Sometimes there are manufacturer catalogs, sometimes company records, sometimes someone is a collector although collectors usually go for the more well known names. well sometimes if you can't find the pattern name to help with dating, then the hallmark can be a clue to era, that's assuming that company's hallmarks are somewhere to be found. IN 1975, THE PRODUCTION PLANT WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE AND SOLD IN 1976. GEORGE AND WAS CALLED THE CANONSBURG POTTERY COMPANY. IN 1909 THE COMPANY WAS PURCHASED BY JOHN GEORGE, BROTHER OF THE WELL KNOWN W.S. THE CANONSBURG CHINA COMPANY (1901 - 1976) WAS FORMED IN 1901. I will look at some other pieces for manufacturer hallmarks too:įEATURES: GORGEOUS PINK AND WHITE FLORAL SPRAYS ON THE RIM AND CENTER, WITH 22 KARAT GOLD TRIM. Nothing on the reverse what I don't know, is the date of manufacture. It might help if you posted a photo of the reverse.
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