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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Souvenir plate
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Souvenir plate

Manufacturer Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd. (English, 1965-1980)
CultureEnglish
Date1976
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 x 7/8 in. (19.7 x 2.2 cm)
InscribedIn blue on bottom: Avon/Independence Hall/Bicentennial Plate/Birthplace of the/Declaration of Independence/Special Edition/Awarded Exclusively to Avon Representatives/Made in England By/Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd.,/O Avon Products, Inc. 1976.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number85.38
Not on view
DescriptionBicentennial Souvenir plate, made in England for the American market. Blue and white with view of Independence Hall. Border has eagle and shield with three arrows, a sword and tricorn hat, and the Declaration of Independence with a quill and ink pot.

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