Commemorative Plate

Object/Artifact

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Commemorative Plate

Entry/Object ID

NU 2022.68

Description

A small white and blue commemorative plate, with a colorful illustration in the center. The blue color is in four spots around the rim of the plate. There is also raised decorative ridges along the rim of the plate, with gold paint highlighting the ridges. The illustration depicts Forbes Mill, with an inscribed banner underneath.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Place

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

Made in Germany.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Front, center of plate

Transcription

Old Stone Mill - erected 1850. First Building in Los Gatos.

Language

English

Material/Technique

Painted

Notes

Date is wrong; building was built in 1854.

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of plate

Transcription

Made in Germany

Language

English

Material/Technique

Painted

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plate, Commemorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Commemorative

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Temporary Number

Other Number

NN 2018.55

Number Type

Old Accession Number

Other Number

Dimensions

Diameter

5 in

Material

Ceramic

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Elizabeth Levis Dunbar

Notes

Donor

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Elizabeth Levis Dunbar

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Feb 26, 1968