Description American vintage Mrs. Smith’s Mello Rich metal pie plate tin. The plate has air holes in the base to ensure a crisp pie base. There are a few rust spots in places, a raised area on the rim and a couple very small dents in the base. Mrs. Smith’s Pie Company was founded by Amanda Smith, a homemaker from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Her son Robert P. started selling slices of Amanda’s own deep-dish, fruit-filled pies door-to-door, and at the local YMCA lunch counter. Later he added a mobile route and a small store. The demand for her pies led to the formation of the company “Mrs. Smith’s Delicious Home Made Pies, Inc.” in 1925. There were four Mrs. Smith’s Pies bakeries serving the Northeast United States by 1930, including 2 bakeries in Pennsylvania: one in York, and one in the Logan neighbourhood of Philadelphia. There were also two Mid-Atlantic bakeries located in Silver Spring, Maryland and Portsmouth, Virginia. Please remember when buying vintage items, they will have signs of use but that is also what makes them so unique. We do our best to photograph and explain the condition of the item as best we can. If you have any questions about a particular item, please contact us. Please take the time to look at all pictures. Product Code: 54429/CON Styling: Ideal for any collector, use to cook your own pies at home, or display on a shelf in the kitchen, in a café, bakery or restaurant.