China, Dinnerware Archives

The Taylor Smith & Taylor Company, located in Chester, West Virginia, began making semi-porcelain dinnerware in 1899. They continued in business making many different patterns and shapes of dinnerware. Their  production extended to Sugar bowls, cup and saucers, egg cups, coffee pots, Serving bowls, Cream Pitchers, jugs, Dinner plates, es sets, 12 pieces sets, restaurant sets, bred and butter plates, oyster plates, salad dishes, teapots, preserve jars, gravy boats, mixing bowls, creamers, cookie jars, water jugs, restaurantware, cheese dishes, oval bowls,chip & Dip sets, divided snack trays, divided serving dishes, covered sauce dish, coffeee sets, tea sets.Tankard Mugs, Trigger Mugs, Luncheon Plates, Dinner Plate, Dessert Plate, Butter Crock, Creamer, Centerpiece Pie ,Lg Mixing Bowl, 6 Qt Bowl, Lg Pour Bowl, Heart Chip & Dip , Lg Oval Platter, Muffin Pan, Necessary Plate, Rect Baker, Round Platter, Soup Tureen,Sugar Bowl, Teapot, Utilitarian Pie Pan, Cake Stand, Oval Baker, Basic Soup/Pasta bowl, Family Pasta Bowl ,3 Qt Mixing Bowl, Pitchers, Chip 'n Dip, Molly Stark Pitcher, Cookie Jar/Bean Pot, American Classic Mug,  In the thirties, various companies brought out their many types of bright colored dinnerware. The new brightly colored dinnerware were quickly accepted by the American housewife.  -- The art-deco dinnerware was right for the time and it was in big demand  -- so The Taylor Smith & Taylor Company jumped on the bandwagon with their own brightly colored Vistosia pattern.  Vistosia was made in lesser numbers than some of the more collectible bright colored dinnerware, as it was only produced from 1938-1942. The mark of Taylor, Smith and Taylor was discontinued in 1973 when Anchor Hocking bought out the company.