Name/Title
Limoges tray with winter scene painted and signed by Bertha May, 1893Entry/Object ID
1997.1.109Description
ACC. NO. 97.1.109
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD, DECORATIVE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1893
OBJECT: TRAY
DESCRIPTION:
OBLONG-SHAPED PORCELAIN TRAY, WITH DECORATIVE DESIGN OF WINTER SCENE OF HOUSE, BARREN TREES, AND SNOW. AN EMBOSSED RIM IS ACCENTUATED WITH GOLD. REVERSE SIDE OF TRAY IS SIGNED, "H & CO., LIMOGES, FRANCE." ALSO SIGNED, "B M 93."
SIZE: L 9-1/2" X W 14-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
HAND-PAINTED ICE CREAM TRAY, SIGNED "BM" (BERTHA MAY) AND PAINTED PRIOR TO BERTHA MAY'S MARRIAGE IN 1894 TO HENRY H MEYERS. MRS MEYERS (NEE MAY) WAS AN AMATEUR ARTIST WHO WORKED IN SEVERAL MEDIAS. SHE HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN AND ALSO WORKED IN OILS, ETC. THIS PARTICULAR TRAY, HOWEVER, IS THE ONLY KNOWN PIECE THAT SHE EVER SIGNED.
DONOR: ESTATE OF JEANETTE MEYERS
DATE: JANUARY 1, 1997
