Dish
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1985.010.01
- Place of Origin:
- Austria
- Date:
- 1899-1908
- Description:
- Dish, ring. Porcelain. Small hexagonal plate with molded beading on rim, scalloped edge, gilt band around edge of rim. Center design, in black transfer print: "BIRTHPLACE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE / HILLSBOROUGH, N.H.", "COPYRIGHTED / MAR. 11TH 1899." Georgian style-house on small rise, partially obscured by trees. Gold lettering on back: "MADE IN AUSTRIA / for / D. E. GORDON / Hillsborough, N.H."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-0.6 W-3.7 D-3.5 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a pair of Hillsboro, NH, souvenir plates, given to donor by an elderly neighbor.
Delmont E. Gordon, whose mark is on the bottom of the dish, was a jeweler and optometrist in Hillsborough, NH, beginning in 1894 through at least 1922. He was also a china dealer from 1899 to 1907 or 1908. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Irene Vanetti
- Subjects:
- Birthplaces, Ceramics, Commemorative objects, Dishes, Houses, Porcelain, Souvenirs, Trees
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