Dish
- Title:
- The Ledges, New Found Lake,N.H.
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1981.037.02
- Place of Origin:
- Altenburg, Germany
- Date:
- 1890-1920
- Description:
- Souvenir dish. Porcelain. Oval shape with smooth rim. Oval base ring present. Obverse decorated in pale green with flowers on two ends and central image of lake scenery. Central image is a black transfer print or silk screen depicting a lake, road and trees in the foreground and mountains in the background. Handpainted in blues, greens and brown and outlined in a gold circle. Title beneath the image in upper and lower case Roman letters: "The Ledges, New Found Lake, N.H." Printed in reverse in green with an image of a crown: "ALTENBURG / China / Made in Germany / for / Wheeler & Co. / Bristol, N.H." Handwritten in red grease pencil on reverse: "P11-6.50."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-1.3 W-7.5 D-4.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Newfound Lake, Dishes, Flowers, Lakes & ponds, Mountains, Porcelain, Roads, Souvenirs, Trees, Ledges
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