This small 5 1/2" plate was an early donation to our collection. The wording reads:

LUTHERN CHURCH, SEBASTOPOLE, AND
SOUVENIR OF TAVISTOCK, ONT.

The picture is a well-rendered drawing of Trinity Lutheran Church surrounded by maple leaves. It doesn't take an experienced curator to quickly note two interesting aspects:

(1) Look at the wording. Put on your schoolteacher glasses for a closer inspection. Two spelling errors in a two-line title? Yes, there are. It should be Lutheran, not Luthern and Sebastopol, not Sebastopole.

(2) Who would chose a church located outside of Tavistock to be the feature item on a "Souvenir of Tavistock" plate? Trinity is located in Sebastopol, a separate and distinct community even more separate and more distinct when this plate was painted than it is now. If someone thought a church picture was a potentially good seller, there were several impressive-looking churches well within Tavistock's boundaries.

As with many things in life, it's the mistakes that make it interesting.