Scarce!! 1940s NEW ENGLAND Red Wine Maroon 14" Chop (Vernon Kilns Artist FROST)

Description

Vernon Kilns New England Ultra Red Wine Maroon Collectors Chop Plate circa 1940s Artist Jack Frost
Close-up photos below.
NEW ENGLAND
RARE, Spectacular 14" Vintage Chop Plate
Designed By Artist:
Jack Frost
Vintage Collector's Chop Plate
Approximately 14" Diameter
Vernon Kilns Ultra Rim Edge Form
Red Wine Maroon on White/Cream Background
Made
by
Vernon Kilns
California Pottery
Los Angeles
ca. 1940s
This is a very hard to find, wonderful, historic, vintage (circa 1940s) decorative collector's chop plate from Vernon Kilns California Pottery featuring the historical New England.
About Vernon Kilns.
Vernon Kilns made collectors plates for hundreds of cities and states in the United States, some organizations and institutions, and some for foreign cities and countries. Vernon Kilns closed its doors permanently in the early 1950s.
According to Bill Stern (2001), Vernon Kilns was one of the well known "Big Five" of the Southern California Pottery group (p. 42,
California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism
) . Please see Maxine Feek Nelson's
Collectible Vernon Kilns: Identification and Value Guide
for more information about Vernon Kilns California Pottery.
The plate depicts a wide variety of the many historical sites and scenes of New England (see close-up photos below), including:
The Home of Paul Revere, Boston
Bennington Monument, Vermont
1777 Front Gates of Harvard University, Cambridge
Maple Sugaring in Vermont
Sortwell Doorway, Wiscassett, Maine
Fort McClary, Maine
Old Man of the Mountains, New Hampshire
Concord Bridge, Massachusetts
Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown
Old State House, Boston
Monument to Fishermen, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Old Tower, Newport, Rhode Island
Old Charter Oak Monument, Hartford, Connecticut
T-Wharf, Boston
Harkness Tower, Yale University
Faneuil Hall, Boston, "The Cradle of Liberty"
The vintage transfer plate has the Vernon Kilns "Ultra"-style rim with numerous depictions of sailing, fishing, hunting, horses, archery, windmills, light houses, Indians, turkeys, clam digging, canoes, tennis, sledding, ice skating, and the like.
Condition.
The chop plate is in
excellent conditon
with no chips, cracks, or restorations.
... A highly desirable plate for Vernon Kilns collectors, California Pottery collectors and collectors of New England and Colonial American historical memorabilia
... And a thoughtful gift for an alumnus or alumna from the many fine institutions of higher learning in New England, e.g., Harvard, Yale, Bennington College, University of Connecticut, University of Maine, Brown University, University of Massachusetts, University of Vermont, among others.
Payment must be received within 3 days of auction or store close.
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