A book ref for you:
Lindsay, Irene and Ralph Lindsay
1998    A B C Plates & Mugs.  Identrification and Value Guide.  Collector 
Books, Paducah, Kentucky.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert L. Schuyler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Alphabet Plates Inquiry


> Could you put up some images. Most of us have probably never seen an 
> example.
>
> At 09:55 AM 6/22/2011, you wrote:
>>I am currently doing some research into alphabet or ABC plates - 
>>white-bodi=
>>ed earthenwares produced during the 19th and early 20th centuries and 
>>conta=
>>ining alphabets, usually molded or printed around the rim.  We have found 
>>e=
>>xamples so far from six Maryland collections and I am interested in 
>>learnin=
>>g about other examples found in the U.S.  I am particularly interested in 
>>t=
>>he context of the items-dating, type of site, occupants, type of feature 
>>or=
>>  layer in which the artifact was recovered.
>>
>>Thank you in advance for sharing your findings.
>>
>>Patricia Samford
>>Director, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
>>Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
>>10515 Mackall Road
>>St. Leonard, MD 20685


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