Kansas City 1906 Priests of Pallas Masked Ball Souvenir Cloisonne Plate / Plaque Homespun So much fun

So much fun

The house measure about 1 1/2" wide

see photos): a few of the knobs on the drawers are chipped (it appears they have been restrained since)

There is a scratch down the back and a fair amount of pitting

with wonderfully detailed trees

Kansas City 1906 Priests of Pallas Masked Ball Souvenir Cloisonne Plate / Plaque Homespun So much funThis one is especially for my Kansas City friends, and carries a pretty interesting history. Plus, I think it is a pretty gorgeous thing! The P. O. P stands for "Priests of Pallas", which was a huge, extravagant week long event founded in 1887 by Kansas City leaders with the intent of re defining the city as "the Athens of the West", hence the image of Athena at the bottom center of the plate. Among many other things, the festival (which ran annually