Dish
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1985.010.02
- Place of Origin:
- Austria
- Date:
- 1899-1908
- Description:
- Dish, small souvenir. Porcelain. Scalloped rim. Base ring present. Pained with white glaze. Decorated with handpainted gold rim decoration, and black transfer print or silk screen. Central image depicts a faded view of an arched bridge with buildings in the background. Title in upper case letters: "NEW BRIDGE HILLSBORO BRIDGE, N.H." Printed on reverse in gold: "MADE IN AUSTRIA / for / D. E. GORDON / Hillsborough, N.H."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-0.5 Dia-3.25 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a pair of Hillsboro, N.H. 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 1899-1907 or 1908. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Irene Vanetti
- People:
- Gordon, Delmont (c. 1870- )
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