Women Holding Painted Trays

Photograph

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Pejepscot History Center

Name/Title

Women Holding Painted Trays

Entry/Object ID

1990.158.446

Description

A black and white photograph of three women with toleware trays they painted. Left to right they are identified as Mrs. Horace Mann, Mrs. Louis M. Burnett, and Mrs. Clinton S. Mason. Dated 1956.

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Labor of Love: Creating Art and Community

Notes

Toleware is often referred to as a folk handicraft, with many housewives in the 19th and first half of the 20th century gathering to paint trays and other household objects together. Tole painting refers to applying paint to tin and other metalware. In this photo, Winnifred Mann, Hazel Burnett, and Linda T. Mason are pictured with toleware trays they painted. Decorative trays have been popular in many eras, from Italian wood trays to modern American plastic trays.