Plate, Commemorative

Object Name:

Plate, Commemorative

Object ID:

2004.043.112

Creator:

Jonroth StudiosManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Staffordshire, England

Date:

circa 1920

Description:

Souvenir plate, Warner House, Portsmouth, NH. Blue and white transfer-printed earthenware. Warner House (front elevation) in center with inscription beneath: "THE WARNER HOUSE 1716 / PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE"; flowers on rim. Manufacturer's stamp (bottom): "Old English StaffordshireWare / JONROTH ENGLAND". Manufacturer's note (bottom): "MADE IN STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND / BY THE / ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY / ESTABLISHED IN 1750 / IMPORTED EXCLUSIVELY FOR / THE WARNER HOUSE ASSOCIATION / PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE." Narrative (bottom): '"THE WARNER HOUSE PLATE" (inside banner design); "WARNER HOUSE, 1716. / PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE / BUILT BY ARCHIBALD MACPHAEDRIS AND LATER, / FOR MANY YEARS, THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER / MARY AND HER HUSBAND JONATHAN WARNER. / ONE OF THE FINEST EARLY 18TH CENTURY MANSIONS / IN NEW ENGLAND. FASCINATING MURAL PAINTINGS / AND MARBELIZED PANELLING. LIGHTNING ROD / INSTALLED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN 1762." (inside scroll design)

Material:

Ceramic
earthenware

Dimensions:

H-0.8 Dia-10 inches

Provenance:

From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan

People:

Vaughan, Dorothy M. (1904-2004), Warner, Jonathan

Subjects:

Warner House