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Taylor, Smith & Taylor 1936 Transferware Plate — Memorial Gardens, Columbiana County Memorial Park, East Liverpool, Ohio — 8.5″

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Early 20th Century (c. 1900s–1940s) Porcelain / Ceramic Fair
HDRH-VR-0018
A hometown telling its own story in the only language it knew. This 8.5-inch souvenir plate came out of Taylor, Smith & Taylor in September 1936 — the backstamp is date-coded, so we can say that plainly — and the teal-green transfer in the well pictures Memorial Gardens at Columbiana County Memorial Park in East Liverpool, Ohio. East Liverpool was the pottery capital of America, and TS&T was one of its big names. So here's a local pottery, in the teeth of the Depression, making a keepsake of its own town's memorial park. The engraved scene is crisp — a stone arch bridge, a curving path, mature trees — ringed by an ivory rim molded in relief with ivy leaves and berries. A display piece, and a small piece of American factory history.
  • Maker: Taylor, Smith & Taylor (TS&T), East Liverpool, Ohio / Chester, West Virginia
  • Date: Backstamp date-coded September 1936 — genuine Depression era
  • Scene: Deep teal-green monochrome transfer print of Memorial Gardens, Columbiana County Memorial Park, with a small artist's monogram in the print
  • Rim: Ivory glaze with embossed ivy-and-berry relief border, scalloped edge
  • Size: 8.5 inches in diameter
  • Use: Decorative / commemorative — a wall or shelf piece for collectors
Condition: A glaze chip about half an inch across on the front rim, two smaller glaze chips at the rim edge, and the fine allover crazing typical of 1936 semi-vitreous ware, with a little age speckling. No cracks; the transfer scene itself is untouched and reads crisp and complete.
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Taylor, Smith & Taylor 1936 Transferware Plate — Memorial Gardens, Columbiana County Memorial Park, East Liverpool, Ohio — 8.5"

Date-coded September 1936

Commemorative Transferware Plate

They called East Liverpool, Ohio "The Crockery City," and for good reason — for a long stretch it made much of America's everyday dishware, and Taylor, Smith & Taylor was one of the potteries that gave the town its name. That's what makes this plate worth pausing over. It's a local pottery making a souvenir of its own hometown landmark, Memorial Gardens at Columbiana County Memorial Park, in the very craft the town was known for. A place honoring itself, in clay and glaze, at a moment when that was no small gesture.

The backstamp is date-coded September 1936, which sets this plate firmly in the Depression. Money was tight and still someone thought the park worth commemorating, and someone else thought it worth keeping. The teal-green transfer in the well shows a quiet garden view — a stone arch bridge, a curving path, mature trees — with a small artist's monogram tucked in the lower corner, all framed by an ivory rim molded with ivy leaves and berries. It came to us from an estate in Woodbridge, Virginia, a good distance from the river town where it was made. Nearly ninety years on, the print still reads clear and the story it carries is very much intact: a working American factory, marking a place that mattered to the people who lived nearby.

Materials Semi-vitreous ceramic with a monochrome teal-green transfer print, ivory glaze, and a molded ivy-leaf-and-berry relief rim.
Care For display only, not for food use. Dust with a soft, dry cloth. Avoid soaking and the dishwasher, which can deepen crazing and staining.
From the Research Archives
vintagerose.us Catalog No. HDRH-VR-0018 • July 2026

Specifications

Dimensions
12 × 12 × 4 in
Weight
2 lbs
SKU
HDRH-VR-0018
They called East Liverpool "The Crockery City," and they weren't exaggerating. For a stretch of American history, this little spot on the Ohio River made much of the country's everyday dishes, and Taylor, Smith & Taylor was one of the potteries that put it on the map. So there's something fitting about this plate. It's a local pottery making a souvenir of its own hometown landmark — Memorial Gardens at Columbiana County Memorial Park — in the craft the town was famous for. A place honoring itself, in clay and glaze. And the timing tells you something. The backstamp is date-coded September 1936 — that classic laurel-wreath TS&T mark, with the month, year, and plant number stamped right in — which puts this squarely in the Depression. Times were lean, and still someone thought the park worth commemorating and someone bought the plate to keep. The well holds a monochrome transfer in deep teal-green: a stone arch bridge, a curving path, mature trees, a small structure tucked in the shrubbery. It's an engraved halftone print, not hand-painting, and if you look to the lower right you'll find the artist's little monogram. Around it, an ivory rim molded in relief with ivy leaves and berries, finished with a scalloped edge. We think of a piece like this as history you can hold — not fine art, but the honest product of a working American factory, marking a spot that mattered to the people who lived near it. Hang it, stand it on a shelf, or slot it in among other transferware. It earns its place.
  • Maker: Taylor, Smith & Taylor (TS&T) — East Liverpool, Ohio / Chester, West Virginia
  • Date: Backstamp date-coded September 1936 (month / year / plant, beneath the TS&T laurel-wreath U.S.A. mark)
  • Scene: Deep teal-green monochrome transfer print — a garden view with stone arch bridge, curving path, and mature trees, lettered "Memorial Gardens · Columbiana County Memorial Park · East Liverpool · Ohio"; small artist's monogram lower right
  • Rim: Ivory / cream glaze with embossed ivy-leaf-and-berry relief border, scalloped edge
  • Size: 8.5 inches in diameter
  • Type: Commemorative / souvenir display plate — a collector's wall or shelf piece
Condition: Fine crazing runs softly across the glaze, front and back, with scattered faint tan speckling near the rim and on the reverse — the kind of age character you'd expect from a Depression-era plate. There's a glaze chip about half an inch across on the front rim, where it interrupts the embossed ivy relief, plus two smaller glaze chips at the rim edge. No cracks; the plate is structurally sound and the transfer scene itself is untouched, reading crisp and complete.

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