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This china archive is of items sold in the past by Lovers of Blue & White, which closed for business in 2022. None of this china is for sale and the archive is made available for information and research.
Maker: Ridgway Pattern: American Commemorative plum
Printed in a pretty pale shade of mulberry. This plate features scenes from the Starved Rock State Park - The Lounge, French Canyon, The Lodge, St Louis Canyon. Superb condition.
Printed backstamp "According to tradition Starved Rock received its name from an incident of Indian warfare, said to have taken place about 1769 or 1770. In 1769 the great chief Pontiac was assassinated by an Illinois Indian. Tribes friendly to Pontiac sought vengeance and legend has it that in the warfare which followed a part of the Illinois tribe was besieged on the rock, starved into submission and then annihilated" Also bears the US importers mark Johnroth.
Dimensions: 25.5 cm diameter / 10 ins diameter
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