Name/Title
Advertising plate for Henry Browning Grocery Store, Ca. 1907Entry/Object ID
1981.217.1Description
Acc. No. 81.217.1
Subject Category: Businesses (Grocery)
Date or period: Circa 1907
Object: Plate, advertising
Description: Semi porcelain plate, on the reverse side it says "Imperial China" and in parenthesis in fine green script. On the face of the plate has a transfer portrait of a lady holding a bouquet of flowers in the center of an oak leaf, surrounded by variegated shades of green. It has a scalloped edge in gold and an inscription stating "Compliments of H. Browning, Grocery, Alameda".
History of Object: It is a premium plate given out by the Henry Browning Grocery Store, in 1912 he was located at 1525 Webster Street, Alameda.
Acquired from:
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
7/20/2020 MvL: old lavel glued to the back:
Henry Browning, grocer 1525 Webster St. Res 721 Lincoln Ave. Alameda. City Directory 1912
