I live in Guam and found a piece of Homer Laughlin china with the date D 44 N 6 on the piece I found. The beach used to house the U.S. Navy military right after WWII after the liberation of Guam from the Japanese on July 21, 1944. I frequently find shards and pieces washed up on the beach brought in by the tides. Most of it is white with a blue line (band) around the edge. Could you please give me more information regarding this. The place used to be called Camp Dealy.
Thank you.
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I do not believe this is a remnant of any of the regular Homer Laughlin patterns and the numbers are not like the normal pattern numbering on their china.
I originally thought it was the official Navy pattern that has blue trim with anchors but this pattern has a different marking on the back.
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It is possible this piece was from a set that had blue trim but was used by the crew instead of the officers table and a lot less expensive.
We could tell more if you post a picture of the front of the piece.
You might ask your question on Replacements but you will also need a picture of the front.
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Just in case someone would like to know more about Camp Dealy (like I did):
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Camp Dealy had an officers' section and a non-commissioned section - even two separate "swimming holes." It had a mess hall as part of the camp. It was a camp for Navy submariners to get some R & R.
I have to disagree with cybergrannie. According to my research this is a Homer Laughlin piece. The stamp is for dating the piece and telling where it is made. The D 44 N 6 tells the date and plant the piece was made.
I just read that the code means: D =April , next # is yr; N is for Newell Va and last digit is plant #
This is an original Homer Laughlin
D = April
44 = 1944
N = Newell Wv.
6 = Plant Number
It seems to be the Brittany Majestic pattern. www.ebay.com/
Can you please post the front of the piece? Maybe I can help if I see that! Thanks!
Thanks for the additional pictures.
These convince me they were probably more 'robust' pieces that were especially commissioned for the non-commissioned personnel as I have found that even the china for the officers was made at different times and has several different markings.
More than likely this was on a ship that went down at sea. The piece was made in the USA according to the bottom of the bowl. I would say that this was used on a navy ship or even a submarine.
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