Manufactured by
Noritake Co., Limited, Japanese, founded 1876
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Date
ca. 1933
Medium
paint on leaf (metal) porcelain
Dimensions
H x W x D: 2 1/8 × 4 5/16 × 3 11/16 in. (5.4 × 11 × 9.3 cm)
Diameter: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)
Description
Nine (9) Noritake tea cups, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each cup has a white interior. The interior top edges of the cups have a thin, green scalloped band with yellow triangles. The exterior surfaces of the cups are cream and are decorated with two (2) yellow, dark pink, blue, and green floral sprays above a second band of green scalloping and yellow triangles. The top edges, cup handles, and edge of the base are decorated with gilt. The bottom bases of the cups are white with a Noritake stamp. The backstamp is a green arabesque wreath with yellow fill and a large, arabesque, black [M] at the center. Black text stamped above and below the wreath reads [NORITAKE] at the top and [JAPAN] at the bottom.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place made
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Asia
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
Type
dinner services
Topic
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Business
Cooking and dining
Craftsmanship
Domestic life
Ornamentation
Recreation
Segregation
Travel
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Object number
2011.12.40.6.1-.9
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd571addbd2-cc96-47b3-82d7-376beb7d1ce1

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