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  These dinnerware patterns are organized in alphabetical order.     Autumn Leaf Autumn Leaf pattern china was made for the Jewel Tea Company beginning in 1933. Hall China Company, East Liverpool, Ohio; Crooksville China Company, Crooksville, Ohio; Harker Potteries, Chester,…

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