Plate, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Plate, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2003.008
- Creator:
- Kettlesprings Kilns
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Alliance, OH
- Date:
- 1959
- Description:
- Commemorative plate. Off-white ironstone with green transfer printing, 10 inch diameter, flat rim 1.5 inches wide, center 0.5 inch deep. Scene in center of plate of Crawford House and its reflection in lake. Text at bottom of image: "CRAWFORD HOUSE / HOTEL AND MOTEL / 1859.100th Anniversary.1959", last line in banner. Text at bottom of plate on rim: "IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS", underneath in a banner: "Crawford Notch, / New Hampshire". Seven scenes around rim separated by a lilac or lilac-like flower and leaves. Each scene labelled with text in a banner: "ETHAN WRESTLING BEAR ON MOUNTAIN", "COVERED BRIDGE", "CRAWFORD NOTCH STATION", "ABEL CRAWFORD", "CRAWFORD HOUSE CONCORD STAGECOACH", "OLE PEPPERSASS" with image of a steam engine pushing a railroad passenger car uphill and "FIRST CRAWFORD HOUSE". Text in green on back of plate "Crawford House HAS GROWN FROM THE FIRST RUDE / TAVERN BUILT BY Abel Crawford, HAS CHANGED LOCA- / TION THREE TIMES TO ITS PRESENT SITE COMMANDING / Crawford Notch. Abel's SON, Ethan, A 7 FOOT GIANT / WAS FAMED FOR WRESTLING A BEAR AND OTHER FEATS OF / STRENGTH. He BUILT THE FIRST TRAIL UP Mt. Washington / TO ACCOMMODATE MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS." Maker's mark of a kiln with "KETTLESPRINGS / KILNS...R.D 1 / ALLIANCE,OHIO" in a banner, "I-19V" below.
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-0.9 Dia-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to the donor's grandparents.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William Britton
- People:
- Britton, William S., Crawford, Abel, Crawford, Ethan
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