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Your Price: $ 9.99
Item Number: 1415
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Manufacturer: Adams Potteries
Nifty antique or vintage souvenir china piece for Barbara Fritchie's Home or The Barbara Fritchie House & Museum in Frederick, Maryland, showing an outdoor view of the house. The plate has blue and white coloring in the traditional "flow blue" type blue color (the images may make the coloring seem darker due to camera lighting, but this is a traditional rich medium blue color within the range of blue seen with Flow Blue/Flo Blue plates). Fully marked on the backside as having been made by Adams Potteries for Jonroth (an importer of souvenir pieces) in Staffordshire England, and marked as having been imported specifically for The Barbara Fritchie House & Museum. From the style and markings, we believe this piece to date to the 1900s teens through 1930s period, although no manufacturer date appears on the piece.
From a little research, Barbara Fritchie (whose name has also been spelled Barbara Frietchie and Barbara Frietschie) was made famous in a patriotic 1864 poem by John Greenleaf Whittier titled Barbara Frietchie, and an 1899 play with the same name by Clyde Fitch. She was a real woman who lived from 1766 to 1862, lived the later part of her life in Frederick, MD and was a Unionist during the Civil War. The poem focuses on a story which made her a legendary American hero, by waving the American flag (Stars and Stripes) from an upper window in her home in defiance of Stonewall Jackson and his Confederate troops as they marched by. Apparently when Winston Churchill passed through Federick in 1943 he stopped at the house and recited the poem. The location was a privately owned museum which used to be open to the public, but an internet listing stated that it is now closed.
Round plate measuring about 6 7/8 inches in diameter and sitting about 5/8 inch in height. Frontside center picture shows the house and nearby building. This is surrounded by a floral motif near the plate edge. At the bottom center appear the words "Barbara Fritchie's Home, Frederick, MD." On the backside is quoted several lines from John Greenleaf Whittier's poem. The poem title appears, Barbara Fritchie, and then a scroll with the lines "Up rose old Barbara Fritchie then. Bowed with her fourscore years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down: "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag", she said." Below this there is a a curve "Old English Staffordshire Ware" within which appears the insignia with crown for "Jonroth England". Under this are the words "Made by the Adams Potteries. Est 1657, Staffordshire England, Imported for The Barbara Fritchie House & Museum, Frederick, MD." We've provided 6 images to show different views and close-ups including close-ups of the graphic, location wording and the manufacturer markings. Please note that the white "hot spots" are reflections from the camera lighting on the high gloss surface.
This piece is in wonderful condition for it's age, with nothing major wrong with it. The topside of the plate does have some small surface scratches but nothing bad and you only see these when looking at the plate very closely when held at an angle in bright light. To us, we don't think it was ever used but perhaps was just displayed on a shelf. There are pin/pit dots in the glazing. We don't see any crazing on the topside and only a few crazing lines on the underside. There are no chips, cracks, etc. A terrific looking piece.
A great addition to any collection of vintage souvenir memorabilia related to Maryland in general, the city of Frederick or a collection related to local history or tourist attractions. Would also make a great gift for someone interested in the poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier, legendary American heroes, famous American women historical figures, Barbara Fritchie in particular or perhaps someone interested in Civil War stories and history. Would be a nice piece for adding to a general collection of antique Jonroth China or Adams China pieces. |
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