Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1967.047.11
- Place of Origin:
- Austria
- Date:
- 1900-1919
- Description:
- Souvenir dish. Porcelain. Scalloped rim with scroll and basket-weave molded rim decoration. Gold highlighting on edge of rim. Black transfer print or silk screen image in the center depicts a large, four story building with at least eleven windows across the front. Front portico and cupola present. Trees and walkway in foreground. Title underneath image in upper case letters: "PEMIGEWASSET HOUSE,PLYMOUTH,N.H.". Printed on reverse in red: "Made in Austria / expressly for / A. W. AVERY / Plymouth, N.H."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 Dia-6.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a large collection of Shaker items and decorative arts items from the Rock-Millen families of Sullivan and Grafton Counties, NH. Importer's mark of Amasa Walker Avery (1836-1919) of Plymouth, NH. Amasa was proprietor of a retail store by 1910.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- People:
- Avery, Amasa Walker (1836-1919)
- Subjects:
- Plymouth, NH, Hotels
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