TWO Vintage 1920 SHENANGO China 6-Oz Cups Restaurant Ware Mountain City Club MCC

Description

MODEL: 6-Ounce 2-3/4 Inch Cup
BRAND: Shenango Pottery Company (aka Shenango China)
OBJECT TYPE: Flat Cup
CAPACITY: 6-Fluid Ounces
STYLE: Art Deco
PATTERN: Stock Pattern used for the Mountain City Club in Chattanooga, TN
COLOR: Light Ivory Tan with Multi-Color Floral Band with Bowl of Fruits and Cherries
MANUFACTURING DATE: 1920's to early 1950's based on backstamps
MATERIAL: Vitrified Porcelain China
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
DESCRIPTION: For sale is a SET of TWO vintage 1920's to 1940's Shenango China restaurant ware flat cups.  These are made of light gauge vitrified porcelain.  It has a high gloss glaze over a light ivory tan body.  They are decorated with a multi-color blue, brown, red, green, and yellow floral band with a bowl of fruit and cherries.  This design is also applied to the art-deco style handle.  There is a rust color pinstripe below the rim and above the decorative design.  Very stylish fine dining design.
These cups are not top-marked but this pattern was the stock pattern used for 75 years at the Mountain City Club in Chattanooga, TN.  The Mountain City Club was chartered in 1889 as a gentleman's club.  The club remained an all-men's club until 1959 when sons of members could eat with their fathers. The first female member was accepted in 1992.  The club was first located in a Samuel Patton designed building at the southeast corner of Seventh and Cherry Street before moving to a space in the old First National Bank building on Broad Street. The club is currently located at 729 Chestnut Street.  (Reference restaurantwarecollectors.com)
Each is marked on the bottom with the Shenango Native American logo.  One has the multi-color decal mark and the other is a stamped mark, both under-glaze.  Each mark includes “Shenango China, New Castle, PA.”.  There are no date codes but the decal mark was used by Shenango from 1912 to the 1920's and the stamped mark was used from 1930's to early 1950's.
These cups are approximately 2-3/4 inches tall, 3-1/4 inches across the top rim and 1-7/8 inches across the base.  The capacity is approximately 6-fluid ounces.  Each weigh approximately 8 ounces.
CONDITION: These vintage pieces are in excellent used condition. They are very clean inside and out. There are very little, very light use marks to the glaze.  One cup has a scratch going across the flower design side.  This is shown in the last photograph.  There is no post-factory damage, such as nicks, chips, cracks, crazing, hairlines, water spots, or repairs.  Please see photographs.
SHIPPING: Free USPS Priority shipping for USA addresses.  Other shipping options are available.
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