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Your Price: $ 45.00
Item Number: rooslighthouse2927
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Circa: 1979
Manufacturer: Edwin M. Knowles China Company/Made in USA
This limited edition plate, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter is the third plate in the Rockwell Heritage Collection.
The series began in 1977 and continues to present. The Heritage Collection consists of 32 beautiful plates to date and celebrates the history of America and pays tribute to the craftsmanship of the men and women who once created the every day goods we have always taken for granted.
From 1979 it is beautifully done in fine china by Edwin M. Knowles China Company, Newell, West Virginia, and is marked: Plate Number #4779P / Of the only Limited Edition of The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Norman Rockwell / Third in the Rockwell Heritage Collection / Made in a Limited Edition Permantly Closed in 1979 by Knowles and Certified As A True Rockwell Classic By The Rockwell Society of America / Bradex #84-70-3.3.
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.
Norman Rockwell was born in New York on 3rd February, 1894. Rockwell enjoyed drawing and decided he wanted to be an artist at an early age. He studied at Chase Art School, the National Academy of Design and the Arts Students League. While a student he began having his drawings published in Boys Life magazine. Rockwell's editor was so impressed by his work and made him art director of the magazine.
Rockwell's ambition was to produce a painting used on the front-cover of the Saturday Evening Post. In March 1916 he travelled to Philadelphia to see George Horace Lorimer, the editor of the magazine. When Lorimer saw his work he immediately accepted two covers and commissioned three more. This was the start of his long-term relationship with the magazine that was to last over 45 years.
In very good + condition without chips, cracks or fleabites it measures 8 1/2 inches in diameter and comes in it's original box with booklet and Certificate of Authenticity.
An addition to any Norman Rockwell 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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