Twelve Adams dinner plates depicting eleven different scenes. The plates are each titled on the verso. One scene titled Husking is duplicaed and the others are American Express Train, Yosemite Valley-California; "The Bridal Veil" Fall, Home to Thanksgiving, Woodcock Shooting, The Rocky Mountains; Emigrants Crossing the Plains, The Road-Winter, A Midnight Race on the Mississippi, The Star of the Road, Winter in the Country; The Old Grist Mill and American Homestead-Autumn. Under each title reads "COLORED ENGRAVINGS FOR THE PEOPLE PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER LITHOGRAPHER, 2 SPRUCE STREET (nearly opposite the city hall) NEW-YORK. FOR SALE HERE." in an ornate frame. Under the frame each plate is marked "ADAMS, ESTD. 1657, ENGLAND". Each plate has a black and white floral boarder with the larger flowers colored pink and light orange. Plates measure apprx 10-5/8".
300/400 Sold $184.00
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