This month, Today’s Collectibles readers submitted a colorful print commemorating a Civil War veteran’s service, a late 19th-century etching in its original frame, a late Victorian washstand with the maker and retailer’s marks intact, and a Quimper platter that decorated the family kitchen for years. Additionally, a Happy Valley reader submitted a golf score holder that commemorated the anticipated but never realized crowning of King Edward VIII.
Civil War veteran’s commemorative lithograph
This lithograph was printed circa 1890, to commemorate Edwin Plaisted’s service in the Civil War. Courtesy of the collector
I have a framed Civil War lithograph that was personalized for the veteran Edwin S. Plaisted, listing his service history. It was copyrighted by M. Jewett in 1890 and was pri