Dish, Ring
- Title:
- Birthplace of Franklin Pierce
- Object Name:
- Dish, Ring
- Object ID:
- 1993.027.06
- Place of Origin:
- Austria
- Date:
- 1899-1908
- Description:
- Dish, ring. Porcelain. Small hexagonal plate with molded beading on rim, scalloped edge, gilt band around edge of rim. Center design, in black transfer print: "BIRTHPLACE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE / HILLSBOROUGH, N.H.", "COPYRIGHTED / MAR. 11TH 1899". Georgian-style house on small rise, partially obscured by trees. Gold lettering on back: "MADE IN AUSTRIA / for / D. E. GORDON / Hillsborough, N.H."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-0.6 W-3.7 D-3.5 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.
Delmont E. Gordon (wife Josephine R.) was a jeweler and optometrist in Hillsborough, NH beginning in 1894 through at least 1922. He was also a china dealer from 1899-1907 or 1908. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Birthplaces, Ceramics, Dishes, Porcelain, Souvenirs
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