Holdfast Baby Plate, D.E. McNicol, Baby Bunting Ironstone plate, c.1892-1920

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Holdfast Baby Plate, D.E. McNicol, Baby Bunting Ironstone plate, c.1892-1920.
Holdfast Baby Plate Patented D.E. McNicol, East Liverpool, Ohio. Plate is 8” diameter and has usual wear, cracks and marks, please see pictures.  Baby bunting and bunny are crossing a log with an Ugly Green Frog.
In 1892, Daniel McNicol established the D.E. McNicol Pottery Co. in East Liverpool, Ohio. They made yellow ware, Rockingham and semi-vitreous dinnerware. In 1902, a second plant was opened that specialized in Rockingham and yellow ware. A third plant was added in 1914 in Clarksburg, W.Va. followed by another in East Liverpool around 1919, for a total of four operations. At that time, they began producing hotel ware, toilet ware and cream ware. The Clarksville plant made white semi-vitreous china, both decorated and undecorated, for railroads, hospitals and restaurants. By 1929, the West Virginia plant was the only one operating. It closed in 1954.