Plate, Commemorative

Object Name:

Plate, Commemorative

Object ID:

2004.043.117

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Souvenir plate, The Old Parsonage, Newington, NH. White earthenware plate with gold design on rim and red transfer-printed design in center. Center design: front and side elevation of two and a half story clapboard 17th-century dwelling with central chimney. Caption, top of design: "THE OLD PARSONAGE / NEWINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE". Manufacturer's stamp: "Rhythm / BY / HOMER LAUGHLIN / U.S.A. / R?K51N6". Designer's stamp: "WORLD WIDE ART STUDIOS / COVINGTON, TENN." Narrative: "THE OLD PARSONAGE / 1699/Built by Richard Pomeroy, first Church / sexton, and bought by the Town in 1765, / the house has been used as a Tavern, Town / Farm, School, or rented to individulas. / In 1788 it was put in suitable repair for / the reverend Mr. Joseph Langdon, the only / person to ever live in it, whose pastorate / ended unhappily twenty-two years later. / In 1845 the Town voted "not to have a / school kept in the Parsonage by a Woman". / The Newington Historical Society has leased / the building since 1912 for a meeting place / and a museum in which is preserved the town's / historical facts and traditions."

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware

Dimensions:

H-1 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)

Subjects:

Old Parsonage