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Your Price: $ 40.00
Item Number: knowles3075
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Circa: 1992
Manufacturer: Edwin M. Knowles China Company/Made in USA
This limited edition plate, the Twentieth Century Limited #204A by R.E. Pierce is the third issue in The Romantic Age of Steam series.
The other seven plates released in the series were:
#1-The Empire Builder
#2-Broadway
#4-The Chief
#5-Cresent
#6-The Oveland
#7-The Jupiter and
#8-The Daylight.
From 1992 it is beautifully done in fine china by the Edwin M.Knowles China Company, Newell, West Virginia, rimmed in platinum and limited to 150 firing days. Marked on the back: 1992 / Plate Number 204A / in the only limited edition of The Twentieth Century Limited by R. E. Pierce / Third issue in the Romantic Age of Steam. / A collection celebrating America's greatest steam trains / Bradex #84-K41-135.3.
Edwin M. Knowles (1869-1943) was the son of Isaac Watt Knowles (1819-1902), a founder and partner of the firm Knowles, Taylor, and Knowles Co., which by the turn of the century had become the largest pottery in the world. Edwin Knowles father had helped pioneer many inventions that revolutionized American dinnerware manufacture.
Edwin M. Knowles entered the pottery business after receiving his education at Allegheny College and Harvard University. He took control of the Potters Supply Company of East Liverpool, Ohio in 1890. By 1900, he became founder and president of the Knowles China Company, which soon changed its name to the Edwin M. Knowles China Company.
In very good + condition without chips, cracks or fleabites it measures 8 inches in diameter.
An addition to any Train or Knowles Plate Collection.
SH & Ins. will be quoted after orders placed. If you have any other questions please contact me and thank you for looking.
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