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Johnson Brothers' Historic America in the harder-to-find blue colorway - a covered-wagon train rolling through a grassy valley toward the Rocky Mountains, framed by the series' signature acorn-and-oak-leaf border. A storybook American scene in deep transferware blue. SPECS: Diameter approx 7.5 in Pattern: Historic America - Covered Wagons and the Rocky Mountains | Color: blue transferware | Maker: Johnson Bros, England | Backstamp: eagle mark - HISTORIC AMERICA - Covered Wagons and the Rocky Mountains - Johnson Bros England - Made in England - Reg US Pat Off Patent No 111255 | Date: c.1938 onward. HISTORY: Johnson Brothers launched the Historic America series in 1938-39, riding a wave of patriotic interest in early American history between the wars. Each piece carries a different scene modeled on 19th-century engravings in the Currier and Ives spirit - here a westward wagon train below the Rockies, complete with trail guides and even a geyser. The series ran for dec