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PLATE, ONE OF 11

Creator(s): Preston-Hopkinson Company (Manufacturer) , Taylor, Smith & Taylor (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

A set of dinner plates. The ground is cream colored with an outer edge of gold. The center has an image which is surrounded by a band of cream edged by gold. The center has several reproductions of photographs of Post City, Texas including a steer, an oil well, bales of cotton, the main street and a building. There is an inscription around this which is all in sepia tones.

Object name:
PLATE, ONE OF 11
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
East Liverpool, USA
Date made:
1957
Size:
24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
26.204.3
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK; INSCRIPTION on back: in green in a wreath; TAYLOR SMITH TAYLOR USA, 6571; Fotoware Preston-Hopkinson Co. Appomattox, Virgina For Decorative Use Only on front: POST, TEXAS Gateway to the Plains (twice) 1907-1957
Credit line:
Gift of Dina Merrill Robertson, 1975