Card Receiver

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Name/Title

Card Receiver

Entry/Object ID

2005.21.12

Description

White porcelain card receiver with asymmetrical, rococo style edge. The center is printed with a simple engraved illustration of a clapboard building with a short, square cupola at the center front of the roof's peak. The image is labeled, "COMINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL, BEECHER FALLS, VT." The reverse is marked, "Made in Austria for Mrs. M. J. Heath, Beecher Falls, Vt."

Context

Sold by Mrs. M. J. Heath in Beecher Falls, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2005.21

Source or Donor

Caswell, Joanna C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Eugene R. Cleveland

Made/Created

Date made

1910 - 1930

Place

Country

Austria

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Receiver, Card

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tray, Household

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1/2 in

Width

3 in

Length

4 in

Material

Porcelain

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cleveland, Eugene R. (1911-2005)

Person or Organization

Mrs. M. J. Heath

Related Places

Place

Village

Beecher Falls

Town

Canaan

County

Essex County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America