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SANDUSKY PLATTER
A recent magazine article thus describes the Sandusky platter:
'' The first platter we give is a rare one, a view of Sandusky, Ohio, maker
unknown. It is one of a dozen designs with the same border, of different
cities, including such widely separated spots as Buenos Ayres and Quebec.
Sandusky at this time was evidently in its infancy, but the pattern is a
very rich and handsome one, fine in color and clear in design. Only two
pieces with this pattern, both platters, have come under our notice. The
platter which Ave shoAV has just been rescued in New Jersey from dust
and oblivion. It has belonged to a lady Avho considered it such an 'ugly
old thing' that she was umvilling to have it about. She offered it to some
relatives, Avho agreed with her as to its lack of beauty aud interest, and
Avho would not take it as a gift, so it returned to its resting place of half
a century—the attic. But old china like murder cannot remain hid, and
somehoAA' two collectors in the same toAvn got Avind of this treasure and
started to secure it. One went Avith a basket to bear aAvay the prize and
came aAvay empty handed. The other, having better luck, secured the
platter, the owner taking five dollars less than Avas offered her, as she
Avas sure the platter was not Avorth it. Yet what did the collector get
for it? Fifty dollars in money and,a beautiful ten inch States plate in
perfect condition Avorth from twelve to fifteen dollars."—From "Some
More Old Blue," by N. Hudson Aloore in the Delineator. The date pf
the scene pictured on the platter is about 1820, fixed by the steamer in
the foreground—Walk-in-the-"Water—Avhich was built in 1818 and
Avrecked about 1820.