Decorative Plate

plate

Name/Title

Decorative Plate

Entry/Object ID

2009.26.12

Description

White ceramic plate printed in blue with a border of snowflakes and a large, center snowflake. The back is printed with a four-paragraph list of famous people and sites of Jericho, Vermont. It is marked, "Made for, Hooper Advertising Service Albany, N. Y. / Kettlesprings Kilns . . . R. O. I Alliance, Ohio 1261".

Context

Printed with reproductions of micro-photographs of snowflakes taken by Wilson A. Bentley of Jericho, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2009.26

Source or Donor

Dopp, Sarah L., Bandel, Betty, Burlington City Arts

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Kettlesprings Kiln

Place

City

Alliance

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plate, Decorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knickknack

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Decorative Furnishings

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3/4 in

Diameter

10 in

Material

Ceramic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bentley, Wilson Alwyn (1865 – 1931)

Related Places

Place

Town

Jericho

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America