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2025-5-25
今天周末收拾車庫找出來八個諾爾斯（Edwin M. Knowles）的骨瓷紀念瓷盤，是八十年代發行的限量版。
歷史上的Edwin M. Knowles（1869-1943），曾是美國第二大瓷器公司，存在的年代是1900-1962年。後來的諾爾斯，雖說也很用心，然而是一家假冒的公司，和歷史上的諾爾斯，沒有親戚和傳承的關係。
Edwin M. Knowles was born in 1869, the son of Isaac Watt Knowles, founder of Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Co. (one of the largest American pottery companies at the turn of the 20th century). A graduate of Harvard, Edwin took control of Potters Supply Company in East Liverpool, Ohio in 1890. Ten years later, Knowles founded Knowles China Company, which became Edwin M. Knowles China Co; the manufacturing was centered in Chester, West Virginia, but expanded to Newell, WV a decade later. In 1931, the company would consolidate to a single plant in Newell. These two plants, operating at once, helped cement West Virginia’s place as the third-largest state producing pottery in the United States, behind Ohio and New Jersey. Though the pottery was made in West Virginia, the company advertised its location as East Liverpool, Ohio, as exhibited in the 1910 advertisement below. Edwin died in 1943, and the company folded in 1962. In the 1980s and ‘90s, the Edwin M. Knowles name resurfaced, copyrighted by a group with no connection to the original company; this new iteration of Edwin M. Knowles created and sold collectible plates, often depicting scenes from famous films like Gone With the Wind or The Sound of Music.
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|  | | Knowles China Co. in Chester, WV. This plant was taken over by Harker in the 1930s. |
| Knowles China Co. in Newell, WV. In operation from 1913 until 1963. |
歷史上的諾爾斯，在西弗吉尼亞州有兩家工廠，但不是美國瓷器廠家中最早的，也不是美國骨瓷廠家中最早的。
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後來冒牌的諾爾斯瓷廠聲稱自己是美國骨瓷中最老的。 |
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歷史上的諾爾斯瓷廠的底款曾經是這樣的。 |
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| | 歷史上的諾爾斯瓷廠的底款也有可能曾經是這樣的。 |
The mark on the back shows the maker (The Edwin M. Knowles China Co.) and the shape name (Yorktown) but not the pattern, which is Tia Juana. According to the mark on the back, this pattern shape was first introduced November, 1937 (11-37). (Thanks, Harlan, for interpreting this for us!) Perhaps more interesting, though, it includes Union Made in U.S.A. to broadcast that the china was made by workers who were fairly paid and treated by their employer.
下面這兩把茶壺，就是諾爾斯瓷廠鼎盛時期（1939年）生產的：
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