Vintage 1940s Blue and Gold Cake Plate - Fondeville Ambassadorware Made in England by Simpson Pottery printing press Produced during the Great Depression

Produced during the Great Depression

its colorful design

Tarnish spots are appropriate and expected with age

The brothers did not get into the manufacturing business until 1904 when they started their own porcelain factory in Nagoya

while others were handwritten and pasted

Vintage 1940s Blue and Gold Cake Plate - Fondeville Ambassadorware Made in England by Simpson Pottery printing press Produced during the Great Depression{HISTORY} We have a lot in common these days with the 1940s. Because of WWII, supply chains were upended throughout much of the decade, leaving demand great but supply low. The workforce was changing as more women filled men's jobs. Employee working conditions and equality were called upon to be better than what they previously were before the war. Jobs were going unfilled in protest. Manufacturing costs were high, consumer costs were high. These