Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1922.009.09.07
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1908
- Description:
- Plate, one of a set of 12. Silver. Flat bottom, with slightly raised flat brim. Rim edged with band of reeding and foliage. Brim decorated with swags, the New Hampshire State Seal within a laurel wreath, and the Navy Seal within a laurel wreath. Stamped on the bottom in upper case Roman letters, "STERLING", incuse. Also stamped on bottom in script letter, "D", within a crowned shield (for William B. Durgin Company).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-0.625 Dia-8.875 inches
- Provenance:
- The U.S.S. New Hampshire was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company and commissioned on March 19, 1908. There were 41 officers and 809 men on board. In 1907 the state legislature appropriated $6,000 for the design and manufacture of a silver service. The William B. Durgin Company of Concord, NH made the service and it was presented to the U.S.S. New Hampshire by Gov. Charles M. Floyd on August 8, 1908 at Portsmouth. The silver service consists of 72 pieces.
The U.S.S. New Hampshire was decommissioned in 1921 as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty and sold for scrap in November 1923. - Credit Line:
- On Loan from the United States Navy Department
- Subjects:
- U.S.S. New Hampshire, Naval ships, Nationalism
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