Beautiful Antique Homer Laughlin white olive/ pickle tray / candy or nut dish / tidbit dish from the AMERICAN BEAUTY line which ran from 1898 to 1910 (this line was retired in 1910). It was originally intended to be an olive dish, but can be used for so much more! Beautiful relic piece you could use for decor, display, or add to your white ironstone collection!

 7" long  x 4-1/2" Wide

The American Beauty shape was introduced by the Homer Laughlin China Company in 1898. The line had and extensive assortment of items, complete with pieces usually not found in other lines such as a toast rack, comportier, and a large fruit bowl. Like other shapes at the time, American Beauty was ornately designed with embossing along the rim.

It was made alongside the Golden Gate and Colonial for many years. When Seneca and King Charles were introduced between1902 and 1903, American Beauty's status did not diminish. In fact, it was in 1903 when its popularity peaked as over 230 different treatments were offered on American Beauty. However, this changed when HLC began producing The Angeuls shape in 1905. The Angeuls quickly became HLC's best seller which had a direct impact on the other five shapes. The number of treatments offered on American Beauty began to drop during this time. By 1909,there were only thirty-seven available patterns on the American Beauty shape and by 1910, the line had been discontinued.

American Beauty is almost always marked with either the eagle over lion backstamp or a simple "Homer Laughlin -American Beauty" marking