Updated on August 13, 2026: This has been sold.
Wedgwood “Washington Elm” plate featuring a central scene of the Washington Elm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, surrounded by a floral border in purple transferware.
On the back:
THE WASHINGTON ELM-CAMBRIDGE
THE SITE OF THE WASHINGTON ELM. UNDER WHICH WASHINGTON TOOK COMMAND OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1775.
PRODUCED EXCLUSIVELY FOR JORDAN MARSH COMPANY.
Made in England by Wedgwood of Etruria & Barlaston.
Sole Importers: Jones, McDuffee & Stratton in Boston
The Washington Elm once stood on Cambridge Common in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Believed to have lived for more than 210 years, it died in 1923. By the 1830s, a popular legend had taken root, that under this tree, George Washington first took command of the Continental Army, a claim often attributed to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (In 1925, the Cambridge Historical Society publicly debunked the legend.)
Today, a plaque marks the spot where the tree once stood.
Size: 10.25"
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