1950s Northern Dogwood Stock Pattern Restaurant Ware Cup & Saucer Shenango China

Description

Description:
Vintage 1950s Northern Dogwood Stock Pattern Restaurant Ware Cup And Saucer By Shenango China. One thing in particular that is attractive about this set is that both the cup and saucer have the same date code D-11 and backstamps.
Condition:
No cracks, crazing or repairs. Cup has moderate wear to the glaze around the rim. Saucer has heavy wear to the glaze in and near the well and some flea bites chips just in the glaze around the rim. Three underglaze chips in the base of the saucer that were presented when the saucer was made.
Marks: Shenango China New Castle PA, Cup - date code D-11 for July-December 1953, Saucer H-15 for Jul-December 1957
Approximate size:
Cup 2-1/8" H x 4-1/2" W appx. 4 ounces, Saucer 6" W
History for the preservationist: According to the Spokane Portland and Seattle Web Museum, "
the SP&S was not allowed to have custom china, all of the china patterns were open stock patterns. This extended to the first order of the Northern Dogwood pattern, which was to have been backmarked. By the time the china was shipped, the backmark had been cancelled.
The Northern Dogwood was a stock pattern made by Shenango China, Inc. The pattern used on the SPS had green leaves, brownish stems, white blossoms with red highlights at petal ends and yellow centers."
Since the Northern Dogwood Pattern was a stock pattern it is not possible to say that this set saw use on the railroad. It literally could have been used at any institutional food service establishment.
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