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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4332167, member: 56"]Information on the pottery company:</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpotterysociety.org.uk/port-dundas/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scottishpotterysociety.org.uk/port-dundas/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scottishpotterysociety.org.uk/port-dundas/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and Theodore B Starr silversmiths:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_B._Starr_(company)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_B._Starr_(company)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_B._Starr_(company)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Dundas Pottery was a Scottish company from 1828 to 1932. Starr was an American silver company from 1862 to 1923.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Volstead Act (prohibition) went into effect in January 1920, so probably pre-dates that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe it came out at that time. Maybe it's like a drinker's equivalent to bronzed baby shoes - sentimental after their final crock.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4332167, member: 56"]Information on the pottery company: [URL]https://www.scottishpotterysociety.org.uk/port-dundas/[/URL] and Theodore B Starr silversmiths: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_B._Starr_(company)[/URL] Dundas Pottery was a Scottish company from 1828 to 1932. Starr was an American silver company from 1862 to 1923. The Volstead Act (prohibition) went into effect in January 1920, so probably pre-dates that. Maybe it came out at that time. Maybe it's like a drinker's equivalent to bronzed baby shoes - sentimental after their final crock.[/QUOTE]
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