1909 PRINCEVILLE ILLINOIS calendar plate CONMEN & RATHBURN Co

Description

77-78h
A rustic old
9" wide
antique china calendar plate from
PRINCEVILLE  ILLINOIS
.
The plate is full of beautiful designs covering the plate, including flowers and vines. In the center of the plate of the plate are the
12 calendar months for the year
1909
.
Plate reads
:  "
Compliments of /
CON
MEN
& RATHBURN, / PRINCEVILLE, - ILL
.
"  As seen in the picture, the gold gilt stenciling is smudged so that you cannot clearly read and/or make out the Con
men
name, it could be something different?
Backside of plate reads
:  "
WARRANTED
", with a Crown logo.
Condition
:  This plate is in nice clean condition.  It has some edge and surface wear, and glaze cracking consistent with age,  no cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  The lettering is a bit smeared.  (See picture for overall condition).
Age
:  A TRUE ANTIQUE plate dated
1909.
Shipping
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These old calendar plates were made to celebrate the opening of a store, or commemorate the existence of the business, or given out to loyal customer's. Old calendar plates like this are always popular as
1) they always have advertising on them,
2) have colorful scenes, pictures, designs, logos on them,
3) are easy to date as they have the date right on them.
The plate also mentions Conmen & Rathburn, this would have been the persons/company that had this old plate custom made to advertise the business. If you looked into an old Polk City Directory from Princeville, Ill., you could find out who these two were, what their business was, and, in the process, document their place in history.  All of this together with the rustic look makes for a great looking relic from olf Princeville, Illinois, of over 100 years ago,
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