Plate, Commemorative

Object Name:: Plate, Commemorative
Object ID:: 2004.043.115
Date:: 1905
Description:: Souvenir plate; Portsmouth, NH. Plate commemorating sites of Russian-Japanese Peace Treaty, Portsmouth, NH, September 5, 1905. White plate with molded border and four faint gold paint decorations. Center of plate features five overlapping images of Portsmouth sites intertwined with leaves and vines. Images and text, clockwise from bottom: "JACKSON HOUSE, BUILT 1664, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. / PICTURESQUE PORTSMOUTH, N.H."; "HOTEL WENTWORTH, NEW CASTLE,/N.H. QUARTERS OF THE RUSSIAN / AND JAPANESE ENVOYS."; "CONFERENCE BUILDING, NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. / WHERE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED, SEPT. 5, 1905."; "COURTHOUSE, PORTSMOUTH, N.H.,WHERE THE GOVERNOR / RECEIVED THE RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE PEACE ENVOYS."; "CHRIST CHURCH, PORTSMOUTH, N.H., / WHRE RUSSIAN PEACE ENVOYS / HELD THEIR PEACE SERVICES."
Material:: Ceramic
Dimensions:: H-1 Dia-9 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)
Subjects:: Christ Church, Portmouth, NH, Courthouse, Portsmouth, NH, Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth, NH, Jackson House, Portmouth, NH, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH, Russian-Japanese Peace Treaty