Dish
- Title:
- Clay Library East Jeffery, NH
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1981.037.01
- Place of Origin:
- Germany
- Date:
- 1896 - 1920
- Description:
- Souvenir dish. Porcelain. Scalloped rim with molded edge. Gold decoration includes scrolls and feathering, and rim band. Base ring present. Central image is in black transfer print with handpainted coloring in green, orange, yellow and blue. Image depicts a building with title "CLAY LIBRARY" in upper case letters. It has an arched doorway, two end chimneys and is two stories high. Below the image, in upper case Roman letters: "CLAY LIBRARY EAST JAFFREY N.H." Maker's mark on reverse, printed in black in upper case letters, overglaze: "MADE IN GERMANY FOR / --- / EAST JAFFREY N.H." Written on reverse in red grease pencil: "9511-850".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-0.9 Dia-6.5 inches
- Provenance:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase. Shows image of Clay Library, East Jaffrey, N.H., established c. 1896. Porcelain souvenir wares produced in Germany were known to have been made starting in 1894, ceasing during WWI, then ending again in 1922.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Clay Library, Dishes, Libraries, Porcelain, Souvenirs
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