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1960s-1970s, J. & G. Meakin, Americana series, Mount Vernon pattern, 10” plate This specific dinner plate features a detailed colonial landscape depicting George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia, complete with figures in period attire in the foreground and a sailing ship anchored near the riverbank. The scalloped edge features an intricate historical border containing six circular medallions. The Americana pattern series is a brown transferware ironstone collection manufactured by the British pottery company J. & G. Meakin for Montgomery Ward’s Style House line during the late 1960s and 1970s. Released heavily to celebrate the 1976 United States Bicentennial, the series features detailed illustrations of historic colonial landmarks and patriotic events, such as Mount Vernon and the Boston Tea Party. Each piece is framed by an intricate border composed of alternating rustic landscape vignettes and circular medallion icons representing early American history