Vase
- Title:
- Richards Free Library, Newport, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Vase
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.07
- Place of Origin:
- Germany
- Date:
- 1905-1915
- Description:
- Vase. Molded white porcelain. Souvenir. Flattened cylindrical body with flared base, neck and edge. Molded flowers and scrolls around base, scalloped rim, and sides. Inverted, scrolled loop handles. Gold enamel painted accents on front. White with decal on front and gold highlights on front and rim. Hand colored black transfer printed view of library building surrounded by trees and street. "RICHARDS FREE / LIBRARY, NEWPORT, N.H." transfer printed across center of scene. "Made in Germany / for: / J.W. Johnson & Son / Newport N.H." printed in rectangle on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-6.4 W-4.1 D-2.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Jane Chworowsky (1929-1993), was born in PA, and raised in Newport, NH. She attended Plymouth State College, and briefly taught English in Charlestown, NH (1953-55). She ran an antiques business -- Jane's Cabin Antiques -- at her home in Croydon, NH. She bequeathed the contents of her home and business to NHHS. The Chworowsky estate included Hampshire Pottery pieces, as well as many other NH and non-NH collectibles.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
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