Steubenville Pottery 'Violets' Scalloped Dinner Plate

This is a stack of six vintage dinner plates manufactured by the Steubenville Pottery Company, likely dating from the mid-20th century. Each plate features a creamy white earthenware body with a distinctive scalloped, wave-textured rim accented by a thin blue band at the extreme edge. The central decorative motif consists of several clusters of purple and lavender violets with green leaves and yellow-orange accents positioned around the shoulder of the plate. Physically, the glaze shows significant age-related crazing—a network of fine cracks—spreading across the center and rim of the visible top plate. This crazing is a common condition issue with vintage American pottery of this era. The floral decals appear largely intact but may show minor wear from stacking. The scalloped edges provide a tactile quality and reflect a traditional, folk-inspired American aesthetic. While no backstamp is visible in the image, Steubenville's production often featured their distinctive mark on the underside. The presence of dense crazing indicates these may have been stored in variable temperatures or have simply reached a state where the glaze and body have expanded and contracted at different rates over several decades.