BING AND GRONDAHL WINTER SCENE PLATE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

BING AND GRONDAHL WINTER SCENE PLATE

Entry/Object ID

2001.131.1.1

Description

Color: Blue; White A blue and white winter scene Christmas plate, manufactured by Bing & Grondahl of Denmark, 1928. Two boys in heavy winter attire are on a snow-covered hill at the right. One of the boys sits while the other looks off into the distance. The snow-covered roof of a home is at the left, next to the hill on which the boys stand. A church with a steeple is on a hill at the left of the background. Across the distance are mountains and a star-filled sky. Along the bottom edge are the words, "JULE AFTER 1928." On the center of the back is the maker's mark in blue and green. The object is in good condition with only light abrasions along the bottom edge.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Porcelain

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Plates (dishes), Bing & Grondahl, Christmas plates, Christmas

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Plates (Dishes)