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Utah Archive
TOTAL KNOWN PORCELAIN VARIETIES: 1
I: PRE-STATES / CITY & COUNTY PLATES
Utah is a very interesting state because of the fact that there is just one solitary
porcelain variety known from the entire state - a small undated Provo porcelain.
Utah joins Alaska and Iowa as the only states from which we know of only one
porcelain issue. However, Utah's distinctiveness goes even further, for it shares
with Iowa alone the fascinating reality that not only is the Provo plate the only
known variety of porcelain from the state - but literally the only known porcelain
license plate! In other words, while there are a handful of Alaska Road
Commission porcelains, there is only one known surviving Provo porcelain.
Were it not for this one little plate #851, Utah would be the sixth state from which
nothing porcelain was known.
PROVO
The small size of this plate has led some to speculate that it may have been used
on a motorcycle. The existence on non-porcelain Salt Lake City motorcycle plates
from 1910 and 1912 might lend credibility to this argument. Although undated, the
Provo plate is probably a pre-state, indicating a date of 1914 or earlier.
II: STATE-ISSUED PASSENGER PLATES
None Issued.
III: STATE-ISSUED NON-PASSENGER PLATES
None Issued.
I: PRE-STATES / CITY & COUNTY PLATES
Utah is a very interesting state because of the fact that there is just one solitary
porcelain variety known from the entire state - a small undated Provo porcelain.
Utah joins Alaska and Iowa as the only states from which we know of only one
porcelain issue. However, Utah's distinctiveness goes even further, for it shares
with Iowa alone the fascinating reality that not only is the Provo plate the only
known variety of porcelain from the state - but literally the only known porcelain
license plate! In other words, while there are a handful of Alaska Road
Commission porcelains, there is only one known surviving Provo porcelain.
Were it not for this one little plate #851, Utah would be the sixth state from which
nothing porcelain was known.
PROVO
The small size of this plate has led some to speculate that it may have been used
on a motorcycle. The existence on non-porcelain Salt Lake City motorcycle plates
from 1910 and 1912 might lend credibility to this argument. Although undated, the
Provo plate is probably a pre-state, indicating a date of 1914 or earlier.
II: STATE-ISSUED PASSENGER PLATES
None Issued.
III: STATE-ISSUED NON-PASSENGER PLATES
None Issued.
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