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  • Made by C. C. Thompson Pottery Company of East Liverpool, Ohio
  • Shape:
    • Gadroon rims and openings
    • Hollowware is panneled into six segments
    • Flatware has octagonal wells
  • Produced with decals
  • Made from the mid to late 1920s
  • Assortment consists of approx. 15 items
To the right is "Priscilla" which uses the Stafford shape.
It was offered in the January 1929 issue of the ladies magazine, Modern Priscilla.

Close up of the Stafford Shapes

Here is the complete ad:

$2.00 brings this bright cheerful PRISCILLA DINNER SET to your home
51 Pieces, Service for 6 for Every Occasion
decorated with the charming Priscilla HOSTESS DESIGN

Set your table with these dishes and the first thing you guests will say is, "Where did you ever find such a gorgeous dinner set?" It is rich - it is pretty - it is colorful - yet in perfect taste. With this set in your home, you are assured of correct service for every occasion you can think of.

The pieces have been selected by a famous hostess and author, so that you will have just the right dishes for breakfasts, luncheons, teas, dinners, bridge refreshments or little informal spreads - yet you are not put to the expense of buying big cumbersome 112 or 144 piece sets.

One of the better known American china manufacturers has agreed to furnish us with these sets securely packed so they can be shipped anywhere.

All you need to do to get your set is to send $2.00 with your name and address and we will send your set to your home by prepaid express at once. When the dishes arrive unpack them and see how they look in your china closet. Set the table with them and surprise your family. At the end of 10 days, if the set does not please you and your family in every particular, repack it, ship it back to us express collect and we will refund your deposit of $2.00. But, if these attractive dishes please you as much as we feel they will, keep them and pay for them on this easy budget plan - $2.00 at the end of 10 days and five dollars a month for five months - only $29.00 in all!

The Priscilla Hostess Design is a stock pattern so that you can add or replace pieces in you set at any time.

Bright cheerful dishes mean happy pleasant meals. It isn't every day that you have a chance to get such an attractive set of dinnerware in such an easy way - so why not at least examine the Priscilla Hostess Set? If you like the looks of the dishes in the picture you'll be delighted with the actual set for it is thouroghly beautiful! Send your name and address with $2.00 - NOW.

EXTRA! With your set we will include at no extra cost a set of six compartment dinner plates. Each plate is divided into three sections. One for meat and two for vegetables. You'll appreciate these. They are real work savers! Mail your order to:

THE MODERN PRISCILLA NEEDLEWORK SHOP
47- Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass.