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Tray

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1930

GUSN

GUSN-173745

Description

Rectangular earthenware tray with scalloped edges and pierced floral and line design in border, one design in the center of each edge. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark and date scratched into bottom of tray.

Details

Descriptive Terms

trays
earthenware
Tray

Inscription

"'30" and Butterfly mark (Butterfly mark used by Nannie Borden Phillips on the pieces that she made)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)

Dimensions

9 x 11 3/4 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2265

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