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Title
Lone Tree Point Plate
Creator
Wheelock

Institution
Alden District Library

Subject
Porcelain

Subject
Helena Township, Antrim County (Mich.)

Subject
NULL

Item Number
CE01c001

Relation
Part of the Artifact Collection, Helena Twp. Historical Museum, Alden, MI

Type
image

Format
tiff

Description
Ornamental chinaware, c. 1900. 'Sold at the Coy Mercantile Co. Gift of Marian Coy Hart' - display notes at Helena Twp. Historical Museum. 6-1/4 in. round, 5/8 in. high at edge. CE01c001p1 shows plate front: scalloped perforated gilt rim and color rendering, printed in center, of Lone Tree Point on Torch Lake, with logs and rowboats in foreground. p2 is a detail of p1. p3 shows the plate back with imprint of maker, 'WHEELOCK MADE IN GERMANY FOR [COY MERC. CO., ALDEN, MICH.] WEIMAR' '91.5.2' engraved by Helena Twp. Historical Museum. p4 is a detail of p3.

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