Quilt Block, “Grandmother’s Choice” pattern

Bentley, Alabama

About 1910

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Decoration transfer printed in maroon. "The key piece of the ["Our America"] series is the…chop plate that features, at top center, the national eagle above the American shield, the eagle's wings outspread over a city to the left and farmland to the right. Below this group and covering most of the face of the plate, is an outline map of the United States that has small perspective drawings of items or activities common to each state or region." (Source: Maxine Feek Nelson, Collectible Vernon Kilns 2nd ed. (Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 2004), 234.)
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