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Auction 156, Lot 59

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"[Ceramic Plate - Untitled Map of the Panama Canal]",

Subject: Panama Canal, Ceramic Plate

Period: 1915 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
7.5 x 7.5 inches
19.1 x 19.1 cm
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This interesting promotional plate features a small map showing the path of the newly completed Panama Canal. The plate was made "compliments of Gately, Fitzgerald & Co." in Erie, Pennsylvania in time for Christmas 1914, a short four months after the opening of the canal. The map is surrounded by two American flags and a monthly calendar.

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Condition: A

Near mint condition.

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for: $75

Closed on 2/17/2016

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