Rare Hard Pope-Gosser China Plater 1

     Mr. Pope  and Mr. Gosser establish the Pope-Gosser China Company in 1903 and started producing high grade translucent china vases. However, the company did not finding a profit in this line. Then company switched over to semi-porcelain dinnerware which was harder than the usual dinnerware of the times. Pope-Gosser China Co. made two noteworthy dinnerware shapes which were the Louvre and the Edgemore. however this plater is not one of these shapes. The company continued to make semi-porcelain dinnerware’s until 1958. But the quality of later dinnerwares (about the 1930s on) was not up to the old standards. The Pope-Gosser China Co. used the ‘Pope-Gosser China’ hallmark in both capital and small letters until about 1908, at this time they adopted the Unicorn to the hallmark. In 1920, the lettering on the hallmark mark was changed to just ‘POPE-GOSSER CHINA’ in all capital letters and the Unicorn was dropped from the hallmark. The hallmark on this plater is greenish in color and the