Blue and white commemorative plate. Large floral pattern on rim, center depicts an image of the Governor Langdon Mansion in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
plates (dishes)
whiteware
transfer printing
porcelain
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
"Gov. Langdon Mansion, / Where George Washington/ Was Entertained./ Portsmouth, N.H./ Made By: / W. Adams & Sons England; For:/ M.P. Alkon & Co., / Portsmouth, N.H." (stamped)
"JONES MCDUFFEE & STRATTON" (stamped)
"Boston"
Subject Governor John Langdon House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
W. Adams & Sons (Maker)
M. P. Alkon & Co. (Commissioner)
10 x 5/8 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan
2005.25.5
New Hampshire (United States)
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
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