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| 11" Commemorative Plate |
According to Nancy Patterson Lamb, these special plates were created at the same time as Martha's Flowers for the American Bi-centennial year in 1976. The 8 different Revolutionary images created on 11" dinner plates were called "Countrymen" and were patterned after the children's fortune telling rhyme (who will I become or marry in the future) from Great Britain: "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief" The 12" platter and 14" platter had the soldier (George Washington) on them. Nancy described the images as being modeled with clay in three dimension. She then fired the models, inked the images with glaze onto them, and transferred those images to the stoneware.
Hi Michelle -- thanks so much for your blog. It's so helpful! I recently found a set of three mugs that have the NP mark but also have a handsigned signature of "Sally" on the bottom...have you ever heard of this happening before?
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen anything yet with Sally's name on it--but that means she did the underglaze painting I'd think. Congrats on the mugs!
ReplyDeleteI have now seen mugs with Sally's name on the bottom's--she made many one-of-a-kind pieces!
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to research these commemorative plates and have found very little. I came across a "tailor" I guess according to your blog, this is a woman sitting at a spin wheel making thread. How long were these made? What is the possible worth today for this plate?
ReplyDeleteThe rhyme is based on men; it was a song girls sang to see who they would marry. Not sure where the woman sitting at a spinning wheel making thread fits into this rhyme. This would not be a part of this commemorative series of plates.
ReplyDeleteThe children's rhyme is based on all men, it was a rhyme that girls sang to see who they would marry in the future, hence all men's professions.
ReplyDeleteNot sure where the woman at a spinning wheel fits in despite the connection to the 1776 theme. Is it done in the same method as the one shone in the picture?