NEBRASKA (Artist: Cavett) Vintage Maroon Collectors Plate*Vernon Kilns Pottery

Description

Vernon Kilns Nebraska Plate Ultra 1940s, Artist Cavett
Nebraska
The Antelope State; Buffalo Bill; First Homestead in the U.S.;
McConaughey Lake;
OLD Fort Kearney, Goldenrod, Joslyn Memorial, State Capitol, Hastings Museum, and more.
Classic Vintage Collector's Plate
Maroon on White Background
Approximately 10.5 inches in Diameter
Vernon Kilns "Ultra" Rim Form
Excellent Condition
by
Vernon Kilns,
California Pottery
Los Angeles, California
circa 1940's
Signed under glaze by
renowned Vernon Kilns artist:
CAVETT
This is a great, old Nebraska State decorative plate from
Vernon Kilns California Pottery.
About Vernon Kilns.
Vernon Kilns made collectors plates for hundreds of cities and states in the United States, some organizations and institutions, and some for foreign cities and countries. Vernon Kilns closed its doors permanently in the early 1950s.
According to Bill Stern (2001), Vernon Kilns was one of the well known "Big Five" of the Southern California Pottery group (p. 42,
California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism
)
. Please see Maxine Feek Nelson's
Collectible Vernon Kilns: Identification and Value Guide
for more information about Vernon Kilns California Pottery.
The plate depicts a wide variety of classic Nebraskan scenes
(please see photos below)
including:
State Capitol Building, Lincoln
Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) home, North Platte
OLD Fort Kearney Parade Grounds
(from "old sketch")
George P. Kinglsey Dam
("2nd largest earthern dam in the world")
McConaughy Lake
Hastings Museum, Hastings
Joslyn Memorial, Omaha
First Homestead in the United States, January 1, 1863, Beatrice
(from "authentic photograph")
Scott's Bluff
The back of the plate is inscribed:
NEBRASKA
The Antelope State
{State Seal}
State Flower --- Goldenrod
George P. Kingsley Dam located
near Ogallala is Second Largest
Earth-Filled Dam in the World
by
Vernon Kilns
U.S.A.
The plate is encircled by a goldenrod floral design.  The
Goldenrod
is the State Flower of Nebraska.
Condition.
The plate is in
excellent condition with no chips, cracks, chiggers, or restorations.
A highly desirable plate for Vernon Kilns California Pottery collectors, collectors of Western memorabilia, and collectors of Nebraska state history memorabilia (...and a thoughtfully nice gift for the alumni of the prestigious universities in Nebraska, e.g., the University of Nebraska (Cornhuskers), Kearney State, among many others.)
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