Name/Title
Plate, CommemorativeEntry/Object ID
1990.011.001Description
8 1/2 inch plate with gold edge. Background, blue sky with white clouds, blue water with white caps. Clipper Ship in full sail.
SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE: Limited edition
ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION: On back of plate: Bradex No: 84-G20-23.1/1989 Plate No.: 4586A/"The Twilight Under Full Sail" by Charles Vickery/First Issue in/The Golden Age of the Clipper Ships series. (Centered in oval) W.S. George/Fine China/Crafted in fine china/under the hallmark/of W.S George,/this plate is/produced in an/edition strictly/limited to 150 firing days maximum.(handwritten) I've painted the Twilight in it's days of glory: bow plowing through the whitecaps of the Pacific, sails filled with wind..Signed: Charles Vickery
CREDIT LINE: Donated by Charles Porter Howe in memory of his grandfather, Henry Porter Hatch, Capt., and his uncle Emery B. Hatch