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Shenango China Company

Shenango China Company, New Castle, Pennsylvania 1901-Present
Bought Wallace China in 1959.
Bought Mayer China in 1964.
Sold to Anchor Hocking in 1979.
R.I.P 1991
Link To The Official Shenango Museum

Here are the Date Codes Deciphered:

First column is the year of manufacture. Second column is a number which represents the year of manufacture in the backstamp. The Third and Fourth columns are letters which represent whether the plate was made between January-June (column 3) or July-December (column 4).

Example: 20A = July-Dec/1962

I guess the point was if the diner turned the plate over and saw it was made thirty years ago, that may indicate that the meatloaf was possible old as well so the codes kept the nosy from the truth.

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1950	8	M	A	1959	17	W	J	1968	26	R	G
1951	9	N	B	1960	18	X	K	1969	27	T	H
1952	10	O	C	1961	19	Y	L	1970	28	U	A
1953	11	P	D	1962	20	Z	A	1971	29	V	B
1954	12	Q	E	1963	21	M	B	1972	30	W	C
1955	13	R	F	1964	22	N	C	1973	31	X	D
1956	14	T	G	1965	23	O	D	1974	32	Y	E
1957	15	U	H	1966	24	P	E	1975	33	Z	F
1958	16	V	I	1967	25	F	1976	34	M	G

Wallace China Cartoon Cowboy pattern plates; I wish I had a picture of the backstamps as these are pretty unique.
Two are 8.25" and one is 6.25". These are actually marked: Shenango of California, which means they were made between 1959 and 1964 after Wallace China was bought by Shenango China.

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