Platter
- Object Name:
- Platter
- Object ID:
- 2019.003
- Creator:
- Haviland, Theodore
- Place of Origin:
- Limoges, France
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Porcelain platter. From restaurant at Boston & Maine Railroad station, Concord, NH. Oval platter with 2" beveled rim. Pink floral transfer print on rim. Marked "Theo Haviland / Limoges / FRANCE" in green, and "A. FRENCH Co / Boston" in orange.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-1.8 W-12.6 L-18.25 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor's mother, Evelyn Dimick (1917-2010) of Concord, NH, received the platter from Lena May Judd Allen (1880-1976), who was the manager of the restaurant at the Concord railroad station in the 1920s. Lena's husband, Clarence W. Allen (1881-1960), worked in the express office at the station.
Theodore Haviland was in business in Limoges from 1893 until World War I. He died in 1919. - Credit Line:
- Gift of James L. Dimick in memory of Evelyn Dimick
- Subjects:
- Restaurants, Railroad stations
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