Edwin M. Knowles was the son of Isaac Watt Knowles  a founder and partner of the firm Knowles, Taylor, and Knowles Co., which by the turn of the century had become the largest pottery in the world.and ceased operations in late 1962 citing a lack of foreseeable profits.  In 1982, the Edwin M. Knowles China Company name was trademarked by a firm with the same name that is an exclusive supplier of products to companies in the Bradford Group, a company that includes the Bradford Exchange, Ltd., the world's largest source of plates for collectors

Knowles Collections include

Aesop's Fables Collection ,  Americana Holidays ,  Annie , Backyard Harmony , Bambi ,  Beauty And The Beast ,  Biblical Mothers ,  Birds Of The Seasons , Birds Of Your Garden ,  Call Of The Wilderness ,  Carousel ,  Casablanca , Cat Tales ,Childhood Holiday Memories , Disney Studios ,  Disney Treasured Moments ,  Fantasia , Father's Love Series , Field Puppies ,  Field Trips ,  Four Ancient Elements ,  - Friends I Remember , Garden Cottages Of England ,  Gone With The Wind ,Grandparents ,  Home Is Where The Heart Is , Home Sweet Home , Jerner's Less Travelled Road , The King And I  ,Lincoln, Man Of America  , The Little Mermaid  , Living With Nature: Jerner's Ducks , The Majestic Birds , Mary Poppins ,  Musical Moments From The Wizard Of Oz ,  My Fair Lady , Nature's Child ,  Nature's Garden  , Nature's Nursery ,  Not So Long Ago , Oklahoma , Old Fashioned Favorites ,  Once Upon A Time , Pinocchio ,  Portraits Of Motherhood ,  Precious Little Ones , Romantic Age Of Steam  , Santa's Christmas  ,  Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs ,  Sound Of Music ,South Pacific ,  The Stately Owls ,  The Sundblom Santa Series , A Swan Is Born ,  Tom Sawyer Series , Under Mother's Wing ,  Upland Birds Of North America &  Wizard Of Oz  Collection