Dish

Title:

High School Warner, N H.

Object Name:

Dish

Object ID:

1978.008.11

Place of Origin:

Germany

Date:

1894-1909

Description:

Souvenir dish. Porcelain. Oval shaped dish with scalloped rim. Oval base ring present. White body with gold rim and polychrome transfer print or silk screen in center. Rim is molded with flowers, scrolls and ribs with a gold rim approximately 1/2" (0.5") deep. Central image is oval in shape and depicts a three story building with many people around it, and a stone wall and trees in the foreground. Handpainted coloring includes green, pink, blue, brown and gold. Title in upper case sans-serif lettering under the image reads: "HIGH SCHOOL WARNER,N H." Printed on reverse in black: "MADE IN GERMANY / DAVIS,MARTIN & CO / WARNER,N.H." Incised in glaze are three parallel lines.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-1.3 W-6.65 D-5.7 inches

Provenance:

Part of a group of household articles with a long history of ownership in the Page/Paige and Martin families of Dunbarton, Bradford and Warner, N.H.
This plate is stamped with retailer's mark, "Davis, Martin & Co," Warner, N.H., which is W. N. Davis and George G. Davis (1871-1949); George Davis was donor's father; the family moved to Warner in 1890. The business ran from 1894 to 1909.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Mary F. Martin

People:

Davis, W. N., Martin, George G., Martin, Mary F. (1899-1978)

Subjects:

Ceramics, Dishes, Porcelain, School buildings, Schools, Souvenirs, Stone walls, Trees