Plate, Dinner
- Title:
- Eagle Coffee House
- Object Name:
- Plate, Dinner
- Object ID:
- 2014.047.01
- Creator:
- Onondaga Pottery Company
- Place of Origin:
- Syracuse, NY
- Date:
- circa 1950
- Description:
- Dinner plate. Glazed white earthenware with red transfer-printed image of Eagle Coffee House, Concord, NH. Three-story building with verandas and cupola. Signs on building: "EAGLE COFFEE HOUSE / J[.P. GASS]" with eagle above; "WILLEY EMERY"; and "[GENTLEMEN'S] CLOTHING STORE". Stagecoach with four horses in front. People on lower veranda. Woman with bonnet and muff in right foreground. Green printed maker's mark on bottom: "SYRACUSE / China / U.S.A." Circular printed paper label adhered to bottom: "SYRACUSE CHINA / ONONDAGA POTTERY CO. / SYRACUSE, N.Y. / DECORATION / Colortone / Santa Rosa Cr[?]on / CREST COLORS / 7" Plate, Pilgrim / SHAPE DATE / Eagle Coffee House / APPROVED".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-9.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is niece of Major Paul William George, manager of the Eagle Hotel, 1939-1960.
The Eagle Coffee House in Concord, NH, built in 1827, was owned by John P. Gass from 1829 to 1834. The image on the plate is based on a lithograph by Annin, Smith Co., Boston, c. 1830 (see 1931.004.02). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret M. Bolus
- People:
- Gass, John P. (1794-1852)
- Subjects:
- Hotels, Stagecoaches, Eagle, Eagle Coffee House
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