Manufacturer: Flogel Brothers Decorating Company

Fun find out of a home. This is a vintage souvenir from the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A china or porcelain piece (it is translucent) with a topside curved handle for ease in carrying. We've seen these referred to as a Nappy Dish, Candy Dish or Lemon Dish, but it could be used for serving any small item.

A small round dish measuring about 6 3/16 inches in diameter and sitting about 1 1/2 inches in height to the top tip of the elegantly curved handle. White porcelain with a simple gold edge design and gold paint on the handle, with a center gold capital "W" ("W" initial) done in old English (Olde English) lettering. While we are pretty certain this was meant to be a capital "W", if you turned this dish around you might get away with calling this a capital "M" (if you are looking for a "M" initial because your name begins with "M"), but internet research suggests that old English "Ms" are done a bit differently and that this was most likely meant to be a "W". This vintage souvenir china piece weighs 6 1/2 ounces unpacked.

There are two sets of markings on the backside. The base white china piece was made in Japan, with a blue stamp saying this. While only the Japan can be read clearly, you can see the hint of a blue line that was meant to show above this, which we think would have said "Made in", but we think the stamp was applied in an incomplete fashion. Above this mark in red is the stamp done in an oval for the company which did the gold decoration. This states "Flogel Bros. Decorating Co. Atlantic - City, N.J." (Flogel Brothers Decorating Company) with the word "Boardwalk" in the center (the "c" in "Decorating" is not fully there, but you can tell this is what is meant). This indicates that this piece is a souvenir china piece from the Atlantic City Boardwalk. From the style and Japan marking we would guess this dates to the 1950s or 1960s, so this is a Mid Century Modern piece.

We've provided 8 images to show from differing angles. Please note that the camera lighting causes white "hot spot" reflections on the glossy surfaces and in some cases made it difficult to see the detail due to these reflections. So we've also included several images shot without the camera light (these appear darker than the piece does in person, but can show some of the detail better). Please use the zoom feature to examine closely.

Excellent overall condition with no chips, cracks or crazing and just a bit of expected age/use wear. There are some scratches on the topside surface which you can see when holding the piece at an angle in bright light but nothing bad. There is a touch of wear to the gold paint on the handle with some very slight surface wear/rubbing on the "W" and the top trim, but again all this is not bad. A bit of expected wear to the underside rim on which this sits (a few very, very tiny indents/low chips and some pin/pit dots on this rim, nothing bad at all).

A neat gift for anyone whose name begins with "W", particularly if they are interested in or collect souvenirs related to Atlantic City, NJ or the Atlantic City Boardwalk.

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