Vintage 1940s Sheffield Floral Chop Plate with Gold Filigree circa 1949 washstand accessories brown and gold

brown and gold

your loyal companion

Knowles China Company in the mid-1930s

the gingerbreads

and weathered the turbulent years of the Great Depression with aplomb

Vintage 1940s Sheffield Floral Chop Plate with Gold Filigree circa 1949 washstand accessories brown and gold{HISTORY} Sheffield is the name of many things. It's a city in South Yorkshire, England. A town in Iowa and a pottery in Massachusetts. This platter hails from the New England pottery first started by the husband and wife team, Joseph and Marie Cowen in 1946. Just after they were married, Joseph and Marie bought a farm in Sheffield, MA with the intention of growing vegetables and raising animals. Upon discovery of a clay pit on their property, they