Plate, Commemorative
- Title:
- Phillips Exeter Academy, The Town From the Squamscott River
- Object Name:
- Plate, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 1993.027.02
- Creator:
- Royal Cauldon; Jones, McDuffee Stratton
- Place of Origin:
- Hanley, England
- Date:
- circa 1931
- Description:
- Plate, commemorative. Whiteware earthenware, with red transfer print of Phillips Exeter Academy. Center decoration has a town in the background, two sculls on a river midground and two figures on shore, weeds in foreground. Four vignettes on rim: (1) lion seated on crest of rearing lion, flowers on either side of lions, (2) building with hipped roof, (3) scene of trees and rising sun, Greek text and Latin text: "FINIS ORIGINE PENDET", scene is inside an oval and surrounded by text, "NOV HAN 1781 SIGILL PHILLIP / EXONIENSIS ACADEMIAE", oval surrounded by bees, and (4) building with cupola. Rest of rim is filled with vines which form diamonds which contain either bees or leaves. Printed on reverse of plate in red:" PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY / 'THE TOWN FROM THE SQUAMSCOTT RIVER'. " Below which is a circular mark with an animal in the center surrounded with the words: " JONES McDUFFEE STRATTON CORP / BOSTON." Below that mark is a crown and the words: "Royal Cauldon / England / Est. 1774." Impressed on the reverse is "4 / 31". Also impressed in reverse is an "N" and "C".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-10.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Items from the estate of Charlotte Ruth who was a volunteer at NHHS. The items were owned by Mrs. Ruth and her husband Lawrence E. Ruth, who lived at 14 Wall St., Concord, NH.
Jones, McDuffee Stratton Corp. (1871-1960) of Boston, MA were ceramic importers. They sent artwork, including depictions of colleges, to potters in England who then returned transfer-printed ceramics to the Corporation in Boston for distribution in the U.S. The maker's mark is for Royal Cauldon, a mark which was used from 1930 to 1962. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Ruth, Charlotte, Ruth, Lawrence
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