This paper is part of the session in honour of Dena Doroszenko.
The St. Johns Stone Chinaware Company (1873-1900) produced fine white-bodied and blue-bodied earthenwares to rival those of the potters in the United Kingdom during the late nineteenth century. Indeed, the St. Jean-Iberville district of the province of Québec where it was located was once known as the “Staffordshire of Canada.” Historical archaeologists working in Ontario, however, do not often find its maker’s mark in their assemblages. This paper will provide an introduction to the company and trace the distribution of its wares across archaeological sites in Ontario and Québec, to begin an exploration of how widely it travelled beyond the Richelieu valley. Needless to say, my love of material culture, especially ceramics, can be traced back to my friend Dena, who taught me how to identify ironstone when I was a student many years ago.