"The Northern" Hand-painted Greenwood China, Trenton NJ Ironstone PLate fun necklace including its beautiful jar form

including its beautiful jar form

and with handwritten message from Rose to Clara on the reverse— to mark “another mile stone passed” and inviting Clara to “come see how dirty I am

snake-like handle is a drafting  brush

all featuring this wonderfully ornate

12" tall x 2 5/8" wide x 1 7/8" deep and in very good condition

"The Northern" Hand-painted Greenwood China, Trenton NJ Ironstone PLate fun necklace including its beautiful jar formAs a lover of found language, I love this old plate just for the phrase "The Northern," which to me invites thoughts of the North Star, traveling due North guided by the night sky maybe toward the Canadian border to safety! Plus I love that the "The" matches that of The New York Times pretty much exactly. It is (faintly) stamped Greenwood China, Trenton, NJ on the back, which seems to have operated 1890 c. 1929, supplying serving ware to many hotels,