Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1966.051.01
- Creator:
- World Wide Art Studios
- Place of Origin:
- Covington, TN
- Date:
- circa 1866
- Description:
- Commemorative Plate. Whiteware earthenware. Round plate with molded feathered edge. Base ring present. Decorated with two bands of gold along the rim and green silk screen design in center. Image in center depicts a church. Front of church has four windows, double doors and Palladian window in the gable. Church has a tall three tiered spire with a weathervane on top. Background shows trees, shrubs and clouds. Below the church is the text in upper and lower case black lettering: "Wentworth Congregational Church / Wentworth, New Hampshire". Reverse of plate has text in black about the history of the church which was raised in 1882. (See accession folder for photocopy of text.) Also on reverse is maker's mark which depicts a globe and the words in several different type faces: "WORLD WIDE / Art Studios / Covington, Tennessee".
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-10.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Souvenir of Wentworth, NH, given by Dr. Sarah Emery Youngman of Hebron, NH, who donated over 40 N.H. commemorative pieces to NHHS from 1961 to 1968.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Sarah Emery Youngman
- Subjects:
- Ceramics, Churches, Clouds, Commemorative objects, Earthenware, Plates, Shrubs, Spires, Trees, Weather vanes
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