RARE & beautiful COURTENAY NORTH DAKOTA antique advertising plate

Description

4636-38t
A scarce early
8" wide
antique china advertising plate from
COURTENAY NORTH DAKOTA
.  This is a very early
China
antique
plate, dating back a good
100 years old
if not older
.
Plate  reads
:  "
The ?armeca Cash Dept. Store /
(can't make out this line)
/  Courtenay, N. D.
"
Condition
:  Besides the light or smudged printing (the wear on the gold lettering makes it difficult to read parts of it) the plate is in good condition with NO cracks, hairlines, chips, dings, damage.  It has edge and surface wear. (See picture for overall condition).
Age
: A TRUE ANTIQUE,
ca. late 1800's - early 1900's.
Shipping
:
FREE
domestic shipping,
includes
insurance. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING is NOT free. We have enjoyed shipping our items all over the world and are happy to offer most of our items to international buyers. Yet insuring International parcels is very expensive so PLEASE NOTE; we do
NOT
insure International orders order’s unless winning buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance quote. We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and send payment acknowledgments and shipping confirmations. Your prompt payment will assure a very quick turn-around time. IMPORTANT NOTE: If our shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what
YOU
pay for shipping/insurance is very close to the
ACTUAL
shipping costs!
One thing is for sure; there are NOT a lot of antique items from old Courtenay North Dakota.  And even though this one has some letter wear, with a little research in an early day Courtenay, North Dakota City Directory, a person could fill int the missing blanks; literally!  This is a colorful and attractive plate with the picture of ripe fruit on the front - peaches, plums, and a pear.  Notice it  mentions a local business, a "Cash Dept. Store",  this would have been the company that had this old plate custom made to advertise their business.  Old souvenir china pieces like this are always in demand as
1) they have the town and state on them that they are souvenirs
AND
2) have colorful scenes, pictures, designs, logos on them
.
These things together along with the rarity of old plate make for a great old relic from Courtenay, North Dakota, of yesteryear,
check it out!
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