Susan Levine
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fox and Grapes Alphabet Plate, 1880
Item — Box: CFC Tableware Box 6
Identifier: CFC2019.0007.1.1
Abstract
I have seen ABC plates on Ebay and hoped to land one, but they have been very expensive. Finding a broken one was my lucky way to beat that problem! Someone e-mailed Ms Levine during the auction with the information that it was customary, after a child grew up, to break his ABC plate and then glue it back together. Maybe that is what happened here. Actually, I like it broken! Around the letters of the alphabet are, in order, diamonds, and a maze pattern surrounded with a dark band that...
Dates:
1880