Back Stamps
The back stamps are useful as guides to the age of the china:
- 1885-1890: O.P.Co. with a broken line beneath with the word CHINA
- 1890-1895: O.P.Co. with a solid line beneath with the word CHINA
- 1895-1897: Syracuse China O.P.Co. surrounding a hemisphere
- 1897-1926: O.P.CO. Syracuse China
- 1920-1946: O.P.CO. Syracuse China with date codes
- 1927-1960: Old Ivory
- 1932-1972: Adobe ware
- 1933-1967: Econo Rim
- 1959-1974: Syracuse China of Canada
- 1968-2009: Syracuse China Made in America (or USA) - numerous versions
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