Mercer, Henry Chapman, 1856-1930 · Doylestown, The Bucks County historical society · leaf 133
nerally similar pat-tern cast there between 1745 ani 1758. Some are and some arenot inscribed on the lower margin with the na-ne Oxford andthe date. But the dates vary, and two moulds, at least, ifnot more, have been used in producing the series, so that if onewas brought froTi England, others no… … Here we have for the first time the fam liar Americanfloral pattern with the date 1763 and the inscription COLE-BROOKDALE. FURNACE, cast, net upon a stove plate but afireback. A sun with divergent rays fills the upper semi-circular area, the sheep heads have become points, lacking thedart en^s. and…
Stoves · Stove-plates · Pennsylvania Dutch
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