Plate, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Plate, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.113
- Creator:
- Jonroth Studios
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Souvenir plate, Warner House, Portsmouth, NH. Red and white transfer-printed earthenware. Warner House (front elevation) in center with caption: 'THE WARNER HOUSE 1716 / PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE"; flowers on rim. Maufacturer's stamp (bottom): "Old English StaffordshireWare / JONROTH/ENGLAND". Manufacturer's note (bottom): MADE IN STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND / BY THE / ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY / ESTABLISHED IN 1750 / THE WARNER HOUSE ASSOCIATION / PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE." Narrative (bottom): "THE WARNER HOUSE PLATE (on banner); "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. LIGHTING ROD / INSTALLED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN 1762." (on scroll)
- 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
- Subjects:
- Warner House
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