Dish

Title:

Daniel Webster

Object Name:

Dish

Object ID:

1992.049.01

Creator:

J. M. Stewart & Sons Co.

Place of Origin:

Germany

Date:

1895-1915

Description:

Dish or bowl. Souvenir. Molded white porcelain. Oblong body with curved sides, scalloped rim with touches of gold and deep base ring. 1" wide band of lavender color inside rim. Center of dish has a horizontal oval black transfer print, 2.5" x 2", view of statue of standing Daniel Webster on a pedestal on the lawn with corner of the State House building and trees in the background. Titled on the pedestal "DANIEL / WEBSTER". The print is titled beneath the image: "DANIEL WEBSTER." Purple tone band around interior rim of dish. Rim edge decorated with a narrow gold enamelled band. "MADE IN GERMANY / J.M.STEWART & SONS CO / CONCORD, N.H." Black transfer printed on ribbon, and two incised lines on bottom.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-1.8 W-12.1 D-5.3 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr.and Mrs. Robert H. Austin

People:

Austin, Robert H. (1918-1993), Stewart, Jonathan M. (1826-1893), Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)

Subjects:

Ceramics, Dishes, Lawns, Pedestal, Porcelain, State House (NH), Statues, Trees