This is the New York Plate
1989 New York features: Wild onions, Beets, Parsnips, Grapes, Pears, Apples, Blackberries and Chestnut branches.
The LENOX Colonial Christmas Wreath Issue is one of the most spectacular decorative plate issues centered on a simple theme: The Christmas Wreath. This series begun in 1981 and ending in 1993 features the Original Thirteen Colonies as subjects and what their period wreaths made from existing plants at the time may have looked like. The plates are 10 3/4" in diameter, have an ivory background and are trimmed in 24kt gold. The top lift off box also holds a three-page pamphlet individualized for each issue.
The series was designed by Edward Marshall Boehm. Boehm started the Boehm Porcelain Studio in 1950. One of the highlights of his career was making, on commission by the United States of America, a pair of swans with a wingspan of six feet that was the official gift of President Richard M Nixon to Chairman Mao on his historic visit to China in 1972. One of the largest public displays of the studio's creations is at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. Over 150 sculptures are housed there in display cabinets.
The reverse side of the plate reads:
LENOX
PRESENTS
AN ANNUAL LIMITED EDITION
COLONIAL CHRISTMAS WREATH ISSUE
(state and number)
(narrative)
(LENOX logo)
LENOX
(C) LENOX CHINA INC
(year)
MADE IN U S A
