Vintage Liberty Blue & White Transfer-ware Dishes
Last weekend I came across the end of a yard sale. Usually the seller just doesn't want to pack it all back up and you can get a good deal. I could see a box of blue & white dishes that looked familiar. I made an offer which the seller happily accepted and I drove off with 2 boxes of blue & white dishes. When I unpacked the boxes, I recognized the Liberty Blue pattern. I remember seeing them displayed at the grocery store when I was a child. I started doing a little research and discovered........ The Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings & Loan was established in 1925. To celebrate their 50th anniversary in 1975, they looked for something special to offer their account holders. They also wanted a 1976 promotional item to tie in with the 1776-1976 bicentennial celebration of America’s Declaration of Independence from England. They contacted the Enoch Wedgwood Company, located in the Staffordshire district of England. Enoch Wedgewood was a distant cousin of...
