FAMILY PLATE

NORWEGIAN CUSTOM IS TO PASS DOWN A PEWTER PLATE FROM FIRST
SON TO FIRST SON WITH EACH SCRATCHING HIS INITIALS AND
DATE OF BIRTH ON IT.

Submitter comment: INFORMANTS BROTHER}IN}LAW'S PLATE GOES BACK TO LATE 1600.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Date learned: 11-04-1972