Dish
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.11
- Place of Origin:
- Dresden, Germany
- Date:
- 1894-1914
- Description:
- Dish, pink, porcelain. Central transfer print or silkscreen done in black, depicting scene of elk grazing in pasture. Transfer print or silkscreen title, "Elk, Corbins Park, Newport, N.H." Maker's mark on back printed in red circle, overglaze: "WHEELOCK / Made in Germany / for / J. W. JOHNSON / NEWPORT, N. H."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-4.5 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
- People:
- Chworowsky, Jane (1929-1993)
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