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Saucer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-199956

Description

This saucer is white with a red castle painted on the top third of it. The red castle has a yellow key and yellow banner hanging from it that reads "Montis Insignia Calpe".

Details

Descriptive Terms

saucers (plates)
porcelain
Saucer

Inscription

"W.H. GOSS" (Written below the image of an eagle that looks as though it is getting ready to take off. Eagle is on top of a black and white striped horizontal pole/perch.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

W.H. Goss (Manufacturer)

Dimensions

.5 (H), 5.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.3056.2

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