Canonsburg Pottery
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John George, nephew of W. S. George, founded the Canonsburg China Company in 1900 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The initial products made were sanitary and hotel wares. The name was later changed to the Canonsburg Pottery Company. Under the new name, semi-vitreous dinnerware was produced.
After the Steubenville Pottery closed in 1959, their molds and equipment were sold to Canonsburg Pottery. Two of Steubenville's most popular shapes, Adam Antique and Rose Point, were made by Cannonsburg into the 1960s.
In the mid-1970s, the pottery closed and filed bankruptcy. By the summer of 1977, J. E. Moody, C. P. A. of Pittsburgh was tasked with accepting bids for the assets which included two parcels of land totaling 5.3 acres, buildings, machinery, equipment, and office furniture. According to the notice which ran in the Uniontown, PA newspaper, The Evening Standard, on July 18, 1977, the minimum offer price was $350,000 with a $25,00 bid deposit.
Below are advertisements featuring Canonsburg Pottery dinnerware from the late 1940s and 1950s.
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Crockery & Glass Journal, December 1954 |
Crockery & Glass Journal, January 1955 |
Crockery & Glass Journal, May 1947 |
Crockery & Glass Journal, March 1955 |
China, Glass and Decorative Accessories, December 1952 |
Crockery & Glass Journal, 1955 |
Giftwares Buyers' Guide & Reference Issue, August 10, 1954 |
Crockery & Glass Journal, Januray 1952 |
Crockery & Glass Journal, March 1952 |
Crockery & Glass Journal, September 1947 |
Crockery & Glass Journal, June 1955 |
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| Undated brochure for Pussy Willow |
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| Undated promotional postcards |
Clockwise starting top left: McIntosh, Wind Blown, Camille, and Sunny Dell |
Clockwise starting top left: Princess Grace, Elegance, Pink Lace, Blue Heaven |
Clockwise starting top left: Forget Me Not, Serenity, Blue Frost, Starlite |
| Acme Market S&H Green Stamp catalog pages with American Traditional by Canonsburg Pottery |
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| Canonsburg Pottery postcard, postmarked 1909 |
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