Today an item of both historic and aesthetic interest.
Even in newer sites it is uncommon to find all the broken pieces of a large artifact. This is a plate made in commemoration of the death of General, and later President, Ulysses S. Grant. It was likely made soon after his death in 1885.
These also come in clear glass but this sapphire color is rather stunning. The quote "Let us have Peace" surprisingly comes not from the gracious meeting of Grant and Lee at Appomatox, but from 1868 when Grant accepted the nomination of the Republican Party to run for President!
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