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Pennsbury Pottery Rotary Club Washington Crossing PA Dish
Neat old pottery or ceramic piece made by Pennsbury Pottery (an American Art Pottery or Folk Art Pottery manufacturer) as a collectible souvenir for the Rotary Club of Washington Crossing, PA (Pennsylvania, Penna.). We know this from the markings on the backside, the Pennsbury Pottery mark is incised or impressed into the piece with the Rotary Club mark stamped on. Small, round, vintage dish, made to be hung from the hole on the backside through which a string has been tied. Frontside is a great raised relief depiction of George Washington crossing the Delaware River (we are guessing it is the Delaware from the famous historical showing of that event) with other soldiers in a boat. The dish is the usual wonderful earth-tone brown for which Pennsbury Pottery was known, with darker highlighting to the relief and and black line trim.
The lovely antique dish measures about 4 15/16 inches in diameter, sitting about 7/8 inch in height. We've provided 4 images, including a close-up of the marks. Please note that the white "hot spots" are reflections from the camera lighting on the high gloss surface. Wonderful condition, we see nothing major wrong, no chips, crazing, etc. There are some tiny stray surface scratches (which you can only see at an angle in bright light) and some other very minor surface wear (noticeable only on very, very close inspection)...nothing bad or a problem here at all, and to be expected from an older piece. Has the expected three dots or unglazed spots on the backside as made in the pottery firing.
A terrific piece which could be of interest to collectors of Pennsbury Pottery, or collectors of historical memorabilia or souvenir pieces related to Rotary Clubs in general or the Rotary Club from Washington Crossing, Penn., or collectors of general items related to George Washington and his crossing of the Delaware (Washington crossing Delaware). Also would just plain look fun hanging on a wall with other pottery pieces in a room using earthtone decor.
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