ID: 11873
Description
FINE AMERICAN IRONSTONE
BY ENCO NATIONAL, NEW YORK
APPROX 255mm DIAMETER
EXCELLENT UNMARKED CONDITION.
THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS ON THE REVERSE; "THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLATE DEPICTS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 13 COLONIES STRUGGLE TO BE A FREE NATION. THE CULMINATION OF THIS FIERCE ENCOUNTER PRODUCED ONE OF THE FINEST DOCUMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, SIGNED JULY 4th 1776, AT INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE 55 SIGNATORS UNSELFISHLY PLEDGED THEIR LIVES, FORTUNES AND SACRED HONOR FOR A FREE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. IN 1976 WE AMERICANS REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO THESE FINE PRINCIPALS ON WHICH OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED".