Name/Title
Alameda Sanatorium Sauce Dish from O.P. Co, pattern Encanto, Ca. 1924-1925Entry/Object ID
1984.41.2Description
Acc. No. 84.41.2
Subject Category: Hospital, Alameda
Date or period: Circa 1924-25
Object: Dish, sauce
Description: Semi-Porcelain sauce dish, white with stylized border (transfer) of red, green, yellow and white flowers & leaves on a blue background. The emblem (transfer) of the Alameda Sanatorium (later Hospital), consisting of a red cross encircled by green oak leaves is also included as part of the dishes decorations. On the reverse side the manufacturers signature "O.P.Co., Syracuse China, M-6, and pattern name "Encanto", design copyrighted is stated.
Size: Diameter 54 inches
History of Object; Sauce dish, official china used in the then new Alameda Sanatorium (Hospital), circa 1925.
Acquired from: Barbara Hoepner
Date: Nov 24, 1984Interpretative Labels
Label
3/12/2020 MvL: current label:
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL PATIENT DISHES
Original chinaware that was used by patients at Alameda's hospital.
