Fenton Carnival Glass Colonial Shoemaker Thomas Beard 1973 Commemorative Plate.

Excellent if not mint condition plate from 1973 from Fenton glass. Iridescent. Heavy.

The inscription on the back reads with this handmade plate fenton commemorates one of the earliest shoe makers of colonial America, Thomas beard a skilled cordwainer came to Salem Massachusetts in 1620 the community gave him 50 acres of land and paid him £10 a year for his work. Number four in the annual series of collectors plates by Fenton 1973.