This design is the larger plate shown on page 9. It is found on all the pieces of a dinner service, but I have never seen a tea-set. The dinner plates are exceptionally large. The print is in a rich shade of dark blue. In the centre is a medallion of what is said to be the White House, at Washington, with sheep or cattle grazing in foreground. It is supported on one side by a kneeling figure with plumed helmet and bearing a liberty cap—labelled Independence. On the other side the figure of a woman kneeling on her ankles with the bandage of justice on her eyes, and Masonic emblem on her apron. She holds a portrait medallion labelled Washington. On the pedestal at her ankles, the word “America.” The border is of flowers and a scroll with names of fifteen States, and with fifteen stars. On some pieces these stars are simply crosses. Impressed stamp “Clews Warranted Staffordshire.” On the larger pieces, such as tureens, the centre view is often of an English castle—the White House view not being large enough, apparently, to fill the space. Some of the platters have in the centre a view of a two-story house, while in the foreground are two men and a sheet of water with a sloop. This is sometimes called the Washington Masonic Plate. 252. Steamship. A dark blue print of a side-wheel steamship, bark rigged, under full sail, and flying the American flag. Impressed mark of “E. Woods & Sons.” This may commemorate the Savannah, the first steamer to cross the Atlantic, in 1819. Stevens Mansion. See No. 182. Stoughton Church. See No. 228. Table Rock. Niagara. See No. 222. 253. Temperance Plate. This curious and finely printed plate is very rare. It is made of a soft yellowish paste, and the decoration is printed in black. The edges are slightly scalloped and have a little line of black. In the centre of the plate is a shield supported by the figures of a man and woman; the man bearing a banner inscribed with the word “Sobriety,” and the woman a similar banner with the words “Domestic Comfort.” By the side of the man is a small figure of a boy seated reading; on the opposite side that of a girl sewing. The shield is surmounted by a crest—an oak-tree—and above that a scroll containing the motto “Firm as an Oak.” Below the shield are clouds and two shelves of vases and jars of antique shapes; and beneath all a scroll with the motto “Temperance, Sobriety.” The shield is divided by perpendicular lines and transverse bars. In the spaces thus formed are designs. That of a beehive has on the bar beneath it the word “Industry;” that of a farmer working in a field, the word “Health;” that of a sailor, the word “Freedom;” that of a pile of money, the word “Wealth;” that of a cornucopia, the word “Plenty;” that of a snake, the word “Wisdom;” in the lower space are an open Bible and the letters I.H.S. There is no stamp or mark on the back. It is probably a Masonic design, but is called the “Temperance Plate.” 254. Texas. J. B.