Bowl
- Object Name:
- Bowl
- Object ID:
- 1988.043
- Creator:
- Boehm Porcelain Studio
- Place of Origin:
- Trenton, NJ
- Date:
- 1987
- Description:
- Bowl, porcelain (white bone china). Round body with curved sides and straight foot. Glazed white body with printed enamel decoration commemorating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. Decorated with birds and flowers of the original 13 states, and with dates when each state ratified the Constitution. American eagle on bottom of interior with 13 stars, and signature "Boehm". Identified on bottom (exterior) as "BOEHM / Birds and Flowers / of the / Thirteen Original States / To Commemorate / The 200th Anniversary of the Constitution / 1787-1987 / Under the Aegis of / The U. S. Constitution Council / of the Thirteen Original States". Gold band around rim.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-3.75 Dia-8 inches
- Provenance:
- Porcelain bowl, given on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of New Hampshire's ratification of the U.S. Constitution, which was celebrated in Concord on June 21, 1988. See 1988.53, matching emblem cup with N.H.'s state bird and flower.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the N.H. Bicentennial Commission on the U.S. Constitution
- Subjects:
- Anniversaries, Birds, Bowls (Tableware), Ceramics, Commemorative objects, Eagle, Flowers, Porcelain, Stars, U.S. Constitution
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