Name/Title
Dinnerware, WedgwoodEntry/Object ID
2023.11.1Description
Wedgwood china dinnerware set. The donor writes: "I was given the Wedgwood china set on the occasion of my husband, of blessed memory, and my first and only home, in Willimantic, CT. My father, of blessed memory, Irving Liss, was a veteran of WWII's 101st Airborne, and was an immigrant of E. Europe. With an 8th grade education and an eye and talent for art, he took to restaurant management and later an antique shop, where he refinished furniture, bought and sold china, and other sundries. In Gettysburg, PA where I grew up, there was the Sameth family, Holocaust survivors who had the set before they sold it to my father. I have enjoyed using the china for Thanksgiving dinners and Passover Seders. I felt it was time to give the lovely set for the public to enjoy and my first choice is the Mill Museum. I think the set, based on the Wedgwood trademark and the Royal Stone collection, dates between 1860 and 1880."
11 soup bowls
11 small plates
12 medium plates
12 large plates
6 large teacups
12 small teacups
11 small saucers
6 large saucers
2 large serving bowls with lids
1 small serving bowl with lid and strainer
1 medium serving bowl w/o a lid
1 sugar bowl with lid
1 creamer
1 pitcher
1 gravy boat
1 butter dish w/o lid
9 small square plates
11 very small square platesCollection
Buchbinder CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Dish, EatingNomenclature Sub-Class
Eating VesselsNomenclature Class
Food Service T&ENomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for MaterialsLocation
Location
Exhibit Room
China Cabinet, Mill Manager's Dining Room Exhibit* Untyped Location
Main Museum BuildingCategory
ExhibitDate
May 3, 2023Provenance
Provenance Detail
Buchninder, BrendaAcquisition Method
Donation, BBAcquisition Date
2023Exhibition
Mill Manager's House ExhibitCreated By
historian@millmuseum.orgCreate Date
May 3, 2023Updated By
historian@millmuseum.orgUpdate Date
May 6, 2023
