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A BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFER PRINTED PEARLWARE PLATE
PROBABLY STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 19TH CENTURY
Of scalloped circular form, commemorating the opening to the Erie Canal, the border with alternating lozenges of flowers, canal boats and the canal, centering the garland surrounded dedication, "THE GRAND ERIE CANAL. A SPLENDID MONUMENT OF THE ENTERPRISES & RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. INDEBTED FOR ITS EARLY COMMENCE- MENT & RAPID COMPLETION TO THE ACTIVE ENERGIES, PREEMINENT TALENTS, & ENLIGHTENED POLICY OF DE WITT CLINTON GOVERNOR OF THE STATE."
PROBABLY STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 19TH CENTURY
Of scalloped circular form, commemorating the opening to the Erie Canal, the border with alternating lozenges of flowers, canal boats and the canal, centering the garland surrounded dedication, "THE GRAND ERIE CANAL. A SPLENDID MONUMENT OF THE ENTERPRISES & RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. INDEBTED FOR ITS EARLY COMMENCE- MENT & RAPID COMPLETION TO THE ACTIVE ENERGIES, PREEMINENT TALENTS, & ENLIGHTENED POLICY OF DE WITT CLINTON GOVERNOR OF THE STATE."