- 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 and leaf (metal) on porcelain
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 13/16 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (2 × 14 × 14 cm)
- Diameter: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
- Description
- Twelve (12) Noritake saucers, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each saucer has a white, round well at the bottom of the saucer, surrounded by a wide cream band that runs around the lip of the saucer. The lip is also decorated with three (3) yellow, dark pink, blue, and green floral sprays. The white center and cream band are divided with a thin, green band. A thin, green band with yellow triangles and a gilt edge decorates the edge of the saucers. The back base of the saucer is 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
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- 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
- 2011.12.40.7.1-.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




