1973 Vintage Wilton Armetale Pewter Collectors Plate from the Victorian artist Kate Greenaway Months of the Year Collection of 12 from that year.
The April plate is that of a blonde mother in green holding a baby girl child in pink and another blond girl with a green hat in a blue coat walking with her through a rain wind storm which is shown on a ceramic insert into the plate.
The item is in good condition, just a few scratches on the shiny border & some crazing to the insert, made in Columbia Pa. RWP is their logo. Measures 11 inches diameter.
Kate Greenaway (1846 -1901)
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Kate grew up in suburban London, those areas where a few gardens and fields remained among the houses. She was a plain, shy, nervous child. Her father, an engraver and illustrator, sent Kate to art school to learn a profession. She attended a few 'life classes' and the grueling series of lessons for the National Course in Art Instruction. These classes were intended to create artisans and industrial designers, not artists.

Kate's steady popularity started with her publication of Christmas cards. Their originality and delicate style were immediately popular. Her subjects were usually young children, flowers, and quaint landscapes. Her children are dressed in Kate's versions of Georgian and Regency fashions ... dresses which were adapted by Liberty of London for actual children. Her light, sketchy style was uncommon at the time, with the traditional illustrators trying to get as much detail and 'verisimilitude' into their drawings as possible.
Kate illustrated her own verses, adapted classics like Mother Goose, and illustrated books for other authors. Unknown how many others were made for Wilton in other series...
Lots more Dated Wilton Christmas & other plates on This Site, or we'll find the right piece to complete your collection. Blessed Holidays.
Circa: 1973
Condition: Used
Size: 11 INCH
Type: PLATES
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Wilton Armetale Dated Pewter  

1976 LIMITED EDITION PLATE 'FREEDOM FROM WANT' by NORMAN ROCKWELL, from his Saturday Evening Post Covers. This LARGE plate was made by Gorham Fine China, 10 - 1/2 inches h,OP$28 .
Lots More Plates To Come...Pix & info not yet on this site. The front of the plate, of course, beautifully reproduces Norman Rockwell’s painting and is signed: NORMAN ROCKWELL© 1975 S.E.P. The STUNNING plate is exquisitely bordered in GOLD & is in OUTSTANDING MINT CONDITION with no chips, cracks, hairlines, or crazing.
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This gorgeous plate depicts Norman Rockwell’s famous image representing 'FREEDOM FROM WANT'. It is one of the Four Freedoms outlined by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union Address. They were illustrated by Norman Rockwell during World War II as his contribution to the war effort and are perhaps his best known images. After an appearance in The Saturday Evening Post in 1943, THE FOUR FREEDOMS have achieved the status of icons in American visual culture.

It is marked in gold on the back:
Norman Rockwell 'FREEDOM FROM WANT – Limited Edition AMERICA’S BEST LOVED ARTIST CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF THE UNITED STATES IN HIS 'FOUR FREEDOMS' MASTERPIECES THAT PORTRAY THE BASIC PRINCIPLES UNDER WHICH THE PEOPLE OF OUR NATION HAVE FLOURISHED.

GORHAM EST. 1831 FINE CHINA U.S.A. ©1975 SATURDAY EVENING POST INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

In his January 6, 1941, Message to Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented a vision of freedom throughout the world that stood as a dramatic counterpoint to the rise of fascism in Europe:

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is the freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world.
The second is the freedom of every person to worship God in his own way -- everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants -- everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear -- which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor -- anywhere in the world.

This gorgeous commemorative plate would make an outstanding and UNIQUE addition to your Norman Rockwell collection or a terrific gift for that collector you know. CELEBRATE All The Freedoms We Enjoy In This Country! Blessed Holidays, & God Bless America. For an outline of FDR’s speech, please check out: http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/four_freedoms/four_freedoms.html


Circa: 1976
Condition: Used
Type: PLATES
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Gorham