Name/Title
Beyer and Bock Rudolstadt Porcelain plate with kewpies, c. 1920Entry/Object ID
2012.10.1Description
ACC. NO. 12.10.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TOYS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920
OBJECT: PLATE
DESCRIPTION:
A PORCELAIN PLATE, DECORATED WITH A TRANSFER PRINTING DEPICTING KEWPIES' IN SEPIA-COLOR ON A BACKGROUND OF BLUE- AND GREEN-COLORING. REVERSE SIDE OF PLATE IS MARKED, "ROYAL RUDOLSTADT, PRUSSIA," AND THE TRANSFER LABEL IN GREEN-COLORED TYPE, STATING "COPYRIGHTED ROSE O'NEILL WILSON, KEWPIE, GERMANY."
SIZE: DIAMETER: 6-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A CHILD'S PLATE, WITH ILLUSTRATION COPYING THE FAMOUS CHARACTERS, "THE KEWPIES" BY ROSE O'NEILL, ARTIST. IT WAS OWNED BY LONGTIME RESIDENT, RUTH POND. SEE ADJOINING CARD FOR FAMILY HISTORY.
DONOR: ESTATE OF RUTH POND
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 18, 2012
