The drawing measures about 7 3/4" x 5"
which make them extra nice--you can amuse yourself by setting them spinning while waiting on others to take their turns
I'm not sure if it was made for giant-sized checkers
as invariably their original cardboard boxes fell apart
most of them labelled with their names-- I'm sure each grouping representing the inhabitants of the wonderfully detailed houses they are framed below
"The Northern" Hand-painted Greenwood China, Trenton NJ Ironstone PLate stumpwork The drawing measures about 7As 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,