UP FOR SALE: KEWPIE BABY DISH BY D.E. MC NICOL. - Baby Plate, Patented D.E. McNicol, East Liverpool, Ohio, 7 1/4" diameter. White ironstone / yellowware baby feeding dish has blue alphabet letters around the rim with a cute little Kewpie doing a handstand across the center. Circa 1912 1920, excellent condition. The Kewpie was not a thing until late 1912--1913 which makes it a little easier to date this item The baby plates are a lot more prevalent that the Feeding Dishes--which this is! Very Hard to find--add the Kewpie and what a find! Courtesy of Worthpoint: D. E. McNicol Pottery Company - Identification Value McNicol?s first products were Rockingham wars, white ironstone (marketed as semi-granite), and yellowware. In the mid-1910s, product lines were expanded to include dinner, hotel, and toilet wares. Bodies were semi-granite, semi-porcelain, and cream-colored. McNicol specialized in the manufacture of calendar and souvenir plates. It also produced institutional china for hotels, restaurants, and railroads. McNicol also made an extensive line of children?s wares that included feeding dishes and plates. D. E. McNicol Pottery Company Written by Harry Rinker D. E. McNicol Pottery Company - Description D. E. McNicol Pottery Company made calendar and souvenir, household, and institutional ceramics from 1892 until the 1950s. D. E. McNicol Pottery Company - History The D. E. McNicol Pottery Company, East Liverpool, Ohio, evolved from the former McNicol, Burton, and Company in 1892. Plant No. 1 was located at the corner of Sixth and Broad Street In 1902, D. E. McNicol Pottery Company built a second plant, No. 2 on Starkey Street, to produce Rockingham and yellowware. The first plant continued to make ironstone. McNicol built a new plant, No. 5, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1914 and another plant in East Liverpool, No 3, on Boyce Street, in 1919. The Clarksburg plant produced white and decorated vitrified china for hospitals, hotels, restaurants, and railroads. Yellowware production was discontinued in 1927. In 1929, McNicol consolidated its operations by closing the East Liverpool plants. D. E. McNicol Pottery Company ceased operations in 1954. However, a second source indicated the company's plant operated into the early 1960s. PLEASE REFER TO ALL PHOTOS FOR A BETTER VISUAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM *Vintage and secondhand items may have flaws. Please review item(s), description and picture(s). I do my best to research and describe the items accurately, but I am not an expert on all of the items I sell. Unless specified in the listing, all items are sold AS-IS AS-SEEN in photos* All of My Items Come from a Smoke Free Home and have been cleaned per's standards I do Ship everyday Monday - Saturday Feel Free to Visit My Store and Browse Through My Other Listings as I am happy to combine shipping for you. Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up! If you have any further questions, please feel free to message me Any props that are used in the taking of the photos are not included. Only the item/items in the title of the listings are being sold