Plate, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Plate, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.14
- Place of Origin:
- Dresden, Germany
- Date:
- 1910
- Description:
- Plate, white earthenware, advertising, calendar. Plain circular rim with two gold bands on the rim. White plate, heavily crazed, with floral decal rim (red, green, yellow), and red transfer print calendar in center. Calendar for January through December 1910. Gold text below calendar reads, "C.F. Bunker / Fancy Groceries & Provisions / 127 South Main St. / Concord, -- N.H." Maker's mark (green underglaze) on base reads, "DRESDEN / CHINA".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Dimensions:
- H-0.7 Dia-7.6 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.
Plate has 1910 advertisement for Charles Franklin Bunker (1858-1946), grocer, of Concord, NH. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
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