Harkerware Dessert Bowl

Name/Title

Harkerware Dessert Bowl

Entry/Object ID

2004.062.007

Description

Dark teal green Corinthian pattern dessert bowl with a white feathery scalloped edge. The bottom of the bowl has blue lettering that reads, " Harker Pate sur Pate Ware Pottery, Est. 1840. Resists acid, detergents, craze." Collected from Regina DeVoe who indicated that the dishes were handed out at the Capitol Theatre in the 1930s. Bowl measures 5-1/2" in diameter and is in good condition.

Acquisition

Accession

2004.062

Source or Donor

South River Historical & Preservation Society, Inc.

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bowl, Dessert

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bowl, Eating

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Eating Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Hub Sorting

Other Number

020.capitol.001

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Research seems to indicate that the Corinthian pattern was produced from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s.