Decorative Plate

plate

Name/Title

Decorative Plate

Entry/Object ID

2005.21.153

Description

White ceramic plate with decoratively molded and gilded edge. The center is printed with an engraved illustration of an aerial view of a village in a wide valley with mountains in the background. The image is labeled, "BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WATERBURY." The back of the plate is marked, "MADE IN GERMANY H. C. WHITEHILL WATERBURY, VT."

Context

Sold by H. C. Whitehill in Waterbury, 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

Germany

Continent

Europe

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

Diameter

7 in

Material

Porcelain

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cleveland, Eugene R. (1911-2005)

Related Places

Place

Town

Waterbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America