Decorative Plate

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

plate

Name/Title

Decorative Plate

Entry/Object ID

2005.21.117

Description

Advertising calendar plate for the year 1912. The plate is decorated with a scene of an indigenous American woman in a long dress sitting outside. She is surrounded on the left and right with small, rectangular month pages, showing January to December, 1912. The center bottom of the image is marked, "Compliments of M. J. Day & Co., Ripton, Vt." The edges are lined in gilding. The reverse has the mark "Dresden China".

Context

Distributed by M. J. Day & Co. in Ripton, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2005.21

Source or Donor

Caswell, Joanna C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Eugene R. Cleveland

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Dresden Porcelain

Date made

1912

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plate, Decorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Calendar

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knickknack

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Decorative Furnishings

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Depth

7/8 in

Diameter

8-1/2 in

Material

Ceramic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cleveland, Eugene R. (1911-2005)

Person or Organization

M. J. Day & Co.

Related Places

Place

Town

Ripton

County

Addison County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America