Dish
- Title:
- "PROCTOR HILL, HENNIKER - NH. / BIRTH-PLACE OF EDNA DEAN PROCTOR." .
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1981.070
- Date:
- circa 1925
- Description:
- Souvenir dish. Porcelain. Rectangular shape with slightly scalloped rim. Base ring present. Rim decorated with pink band edged in gold. Center image in black transfer print or silk screen depicts a river with a two-arched stone bridge with house and hillside to the left. Title underneath image in upper case sans-serif letters: "PROCTOR HILL, HENNIKER - NH. / BIRTH-PLACE OF EDNA DEAN PROCTOR." Undecipherable gold mark on reverse.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-5.4 D-3.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Dish purchased by the Garvins (donors) for the N.H.H.S. in September, 1980, at a Tuftonboro antique shop.
Image shows a bridge known as the Edna Dean Proctor Bridge, in Henniker, N.H., which crosses the Contoocook River; the bridge was built in 1835. Edna Dean Proctor (1829-1923) was a well-known New England poet, born in Henniker. Upon her death, she bequeathed funds for the preservation of the bridge. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin
- People:
- Proctor, Edna Dean (1829-1923)
- Subjects:
- Birthplaces, Ceramics, Dishes, Hills, Houses, Porcelain, Rivers, Souvenirs, Stone bridges
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