Mercer, Henry Chapman, 1856-1930 · Doylestown, The Bucks County historical society · leaf 77
within about twenty-two miles of oldOxford Furnace, in the neighboring Warren County (foundedabout 1742. abandoned 1882) noted for the production ofelaborately carved fire-backs (see Figure 213 and Note 7) wemay therefore reasonably suppose that the plate was carvednot by a Pennsylvania German but… … 88-C.The Salutation* Front plate. Size, W. 184 by H. 222- Mr. A. D. Mixsell.Bethlehem. Pennsylvania, September 21. 1914. The plate, designed in two panels, is decorated with mean-ingless scroll work in the style fashionable in Europe andAmerica in 1760. known as Louis XV. or Rococco. The upperpanel…
Stoves · Stove-plates · Pennsylvania Dutch
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