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Pottery (cont.)
Plate, Commemorative
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| Object Name |
Plate, Commemorative |
| Description |
Round, molded, turquoise, Art Deco, stylized male potter with long curly hair seated in front of a potter's wheel forming a large vessel in raised relief, in the background through a window are buildings and a tree, at the right there is a bush inside a planter with a lug handle on the side, raised edge, one scalloped ring and three plain rings on edge |
| Artist |
Miller, H. G. |
| Collection |
Ross C. Purdy Museum Collection |
| Dimensions |
H-2 Dia-19 cm |
| Early Date |
1939 |
| Late Date |
1939 |
| Material |
Ceramic/Pottery/Earthenware |
| Medium |
Glazed |
| Notes |
Souvenir plate from the 1939 New York World's Fair, stamped on bottom in dark blue, "FIRST EDITION FOR COLLECTORS LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED PIECES JOINT EXHIBIT OF CAPITAL AND LABOR The AMERICAN POTTER NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939" |
| Place of Origin |
Newell, West Virginia |
| People |
Miller, H. G./ |
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The American Ceramic Society, Copyright 2005
Last modified on: February 15, 2005
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