1972 FENTON PLATE AND 1975 FENTON PLATE

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THIS 1972 FENTON CARVIVAL PLATE IS TITLED "THE BLACKSMITH". WITH THIS HANDMADE PLATE, FENTON COMMEMORATES THE EARLIEST BLACKSMITH IN ENGLISH AMERICA. JAMES READ ARRIVED WITH THE ORIGINAL GROUP OF SETTLERS IN JAMESTOWN,, VIRGINIA-MAY 13, 1607. THIS IS NUMBER 3 IN THE SERIES. THE SECOND PLATE IS THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE. IT SAYS "LISTEN, MY CHILDREN, AND YOU SHALL HEAR/OF THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE,/ ON THE EIGHTEENTH OF APRIL, IN SEVENTY-FIVE" THIS IS BE LONGFELLOW. 200 YEARS LATER, FENTON COMMEMORATES THIS FAMOUS PATRIOT, ONE OF THE EARLY COLONIAL SILVERSMITHS. THIS IS NUMBER 6 IN THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN SERIES. T ARE NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR BLEMISHES. PERFECT CONDITION