CONVENTIONAL CUP PLATES
It is impossible to describe fully the vast number of conventional cup plates but there are two in the author’s collection that do not fit into any group. One “[A]” has 26 large stars on a clear field. N. E. G. It is a very early plate and I like to call it “the States.” The other “[C]” is a later plate of which I do not know of a duplicate. The center is a feathered nine pointed star in octagon medallion and the border is a mother goose design with four children, four trees, a pig, and other nursery rhyme scenery. We illustrate these together with a rare slipware proof of the ship Cadmus “[B]”.
THE HEART SERIES
[H1.] Single large heart in center background of concentric circles. Fourteen clear glass hearts in border.
[H2.] The Valentine. Two hearts in center pierced with arrows, small flowers on stippled background, lyres in border.
[H3.] Four interlaced hearts in center, nine hearts in border with sheaf of wheat between.
Plate X