Taylor Smith & Taylor USA Gold Scroll Rim Soup Bowl Dated 1943 Set of 4 / Box 37

Taylor Smith & Taylor USA Gold Scroll Rim Soup Bowl Dated 1943 Set of 4 / Box 37 (image 3/[null, null, null, null])

Taylor Smith & Taylor USA Gold Scroll Rim Soup Bowl Dated 1943 Set of 4 / Box 37 (image 4/[null, null, null, null])

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PLEASE BE SURE TO VISIT OUR STORE:/Our-2nd-ChanceYOU CAN VIEW ALL OF OUR TAYLOR SMITH TAYLOR ITEMS HERE:/Our-2nd-Chance?_dmd=2&_nkw=TAYLOR+SMITH+TAYLORTaylor Smith & TaylorUSAPattern 1631Scroll Border7 7/8"Rim Soup BowlDated 1943I HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 SOUP BOWLS (3 SETS OF 4)ALL ARE NUMBERED 7 43 2Manufacturer Status: Discontinued. Circa: 1945 -Pattern: 1631 by Taylor, Smith & T (TS&T) [ TST1631 ] Pattern Number: 1631 Description: Brown Scrolls, Floral Rim&Centr, Gold TrimFROM /tst/tst-p2.html :Early History of Taylor, Smith & Taylor Co.The following article was written by Lucille T. Cox and ran in several pottery trade publications in 1938. It describes the beginnings of the Taylor, Smith & Taylor Co. which closed in 1981. Photos shown did not appear with the original article. The first is the old TS&T logo used after the reorginization of 1901. The second photo shows the "Belva" shape introduced in 1926.The story of the Taylor, Smith & Taylor Company is the story of two brothers, William L. and Charles A Smith, the village of Chester, West Virginia and the suspension bridge connecting the pottery town of East Liverpool, Ohio with Chester. It is impossible to separate one from the other.The two brothers were originally from Wellsville, Ohio, and came to East Liverpool early in their lives. William L. Smith became the owner of a large lumber yard, a member of the Chester Land Company and the East Liverpool Bridge Company.In 1895 the town of Chester was laid out and work was started on the suspension bridge to be built across the Ohio river. The bridge was opened to the public on January of 1897 and immediately industrial enterprises became interested in obtaining sites in the new town. A rolling mill was built in Chester, to be followed by the erection of the Edwin M. Knowles China company and several smaller plants.The Smith brothers believed there was room, competitively speaking, for another pottery in the new village. They interested a number of potters and influential men from East Liverpool in the proposition and accordingly on October 10, the first meeting was held in the office of that famous pottery, the Knowles, Taylor & Knowles company, the purpose was to draw plans for the incorporation of a new pottery firm.The Tribune, the local newspaper of East Liverpool, published an account of this meeting and subsequent meetings in their issue of October 26, 1899:New South Side Pottery"The articles of incorporation for the new south side pottery has been filed with the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio. The incorporators are Colonel John N. Taylor, C. A. Smith, Joseph G. Lee, Albert G. Mason and William L. Smith. The firm will be known as the Taylor, Lee & Smith Company. It is expected the plant will begin operations about the first of next April."What a series of historical recollections the name of Colonel John N. Taylor calls forth. While he did not play a dominant part in the life of the Taylor, Smith & Taylor company, he was certainly one of the most colorful men of the potteries. A personal friend of President William McKinley, a partner in the Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company then the world's largest pottery and one of the leaders in the pottery industry.On November 8, 1899 the company elected their first executive staff, Charles A. Smith, president, Joseph G. Lee (of the Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company) vice president, A. G. Mason secretary, Homer J. Taylor, treasurer, and William L. Taylor, general manager. The two last officers were sons of Colonel Taylor.It was, however, many months before the Taylor, Lee & Smith pottery company was ready to begin operations. The contract for the building was given in December of 1899 to a local firm and the immensity of the specifications amazed the townspeople. It was the largest contact of its kind to be awarded to any contracto... read more

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