Vase
- Object Name:
- Vase
- Object ID:
- 2012.009.01
- Place of Origin:
- Germany
- Date:
- 1890-1910
- Description:
- Souvenir vase, glazed white porcelain. Bulbous body tapering down to flared four-lobed foot. Mouth matches foot in shape. Two double-loop handles. Gold lustre on front of handles, neck, and foot. Front of body is white with colored transfer print of brown hotel building with blue sky and green grass. Black printing below image: "MT. MADISON HOUSE, GORHAM, N.[H.]" Reverse is all white. Bottom imprinted in black: "MADE IN GERMANY FOR / B. O. Smith / Gorham, N. H."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-4.9 W-3.1 D-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor at New Hampton (NH) Antiques, 12/22/2000.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Douglas Copeley
- Subjects:
- Mount Madison, White Mountains, Hotels, Souvenirs, Tourism, Tourist trade
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