A 5” Staffordshire Child’s Alphabet (ABC) plate featuring Civil War Commander A. (Andrew) H. (Hull) Foote, U. S. Naval Hero. Foote was a naval officer who commanded the Western Gunboat Flotilla (Mississippi River Squadron) during the Battle of Ft. Henry. For his service, he was promoted to rear admiral in late 1862 (hence my dating the plate c. 1862). Prior to the Civil War, he commanded the USS Perry along the African Coast to suppress the slave trade. This plate has a rather stern portrait of Commander Foote and a molded ABC border. There are no makers marks and the plate is in very fine condition with no chips, cracks, lines or restorations. There were a whole series of these plates featuring Civil War Heroes, and this example is not easy to find.

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