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Set of dessert plates

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1934

GUSN

GUSN-203756

Description

Set of three octagonal dessert plates with transfer printed decoration of stemmed pink and yellow roses on rim. Silver band decoration around rim edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert plates
ceramic (material)
Plate, Dessert

Inscription

"HLC/HOMER LAUGHLIN/MADE IN U.S.A./B 34 N 4" (All text printed in blue ink. 'HLC' is in monogram style. B=month plate was made [A=January, B=February, C=March, etc]; 34=Year plate was made; N 4=Factory number where plate was made.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Homer Laughlin China Company (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Newell, West Virginia

Dimensions

5/8 (H), 7 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1687

Date

1934 (February)

Places

West Virginia (United States)
Newell (Hancock county, West Virginia)

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