Lot 3095
A collection of U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Plates
Wedgewood; English, circa 1935 10 in. (25.4 cm.) the dinner plates; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) the bread plates diameter. 30
Wedgewood; English, circa 1935
26 January 2011, 13:00 EST
New YorkUS$3,000 - US$5,000
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Wedgewood; English, circa 1935
Wedgewood; English, circa 1935
including six (6) pink dinner plates: The Chapel, Old Midshipman's Quarters, Dress Parade, Old Main Gate, Old Fort Severn 1851, Naval Academy Hop 1869; five (5) mulberry dinner plates: Bird's Eye View Of The Naval Academy 1858, Postgraduate School, Sailboat Drill, Dahlgren Hall, Mahan Hall; five (5) blue dinner plates: Naval Academy Hop 1869, Old Fort Severn 1851, Old Main Gate, Dress Parade, Old Midshipman's Quarters; and seven (7) pink bread plates; and seven (7) mulberry dessert plates. All of the plates are decorated around the borders with scenes of American naval victories and U.S. Naval Academy iconography. Each of the plates signed on the bottom Wedgewood/Etruria./England., and Sole Importers/Jones McDuffee & Stratton Co., Importers.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) the dinner plates; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) the bread plates diameter. (30)
10 in. (25.4 cm.) the dinner plates; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) the bread plates diameter. (30)
Footnotes
in 1934, the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association commissioned Wedgwood to manufacture china depicting scenes of the Academy for Midshipmen, alumni and others. The initial issue consisted of plates depicting twelve scenes of the Academy in three different colors: Rose Pink, Mulberry and Staffordshire Blue. The U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association offered the china through the 1950's with the last sets sold in the mid-1960s. The Rose Pink design was discontinued after World War II and six new designs were added to the original twelve in 1957 in Staffordshire Blue and Mulberry only.