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Commemorative dish

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1930-1940

GUSN

GUSN-16031

Description

Small porcelain dish shaped like a flower with painted blue rim edge and blue transfer-printed scened of the First Unitarian Parish House, Hingham, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dishes (vessels)
butter dishes (serving dishes)
butter chips
overglazing
porcelain
transfer printing
Container, Food Waste
Dish, Tea Bag
Overglazed
Dish, Tea Bag

Inscription

"B.F.H.S. / CHINA / MADE IN AUSTRIA / for M. & A. Mc.Neil / Hingham,, Mass." (stamped)
"FIRST UNITARIAN PARISH HOUSE / HINGHAM, MASS." (printed)

Additional Identification Number

NN

People and Organizations

First Parish In Hingham

Maker

Possibly B.F.H.S. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Austria

Dimensions

1/2 (H), 3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

2008.60.13

Places

Hingham (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

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