- Manufactured by
- Homer Laughlin China Company, American, founded 1871
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- August 1927
- Medium
- leaf (metal) on ceramic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Overall): 4 5/16 × 10 3/16 × 8 13/16 in. (11 × 25.8 × 22.4 cm)
- H x W x D (2011.12.42a): 2 9/16 × 10 3/16 × 8 13/16 in. (6.5 × 25.8 × 22.4 cm)
- H x W x D (2011.12.42b): 2 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (6 × 20 × 20 cm)
- Description
- A Homer Laughlin China Company round covered vegetable bowl (2011.12.42a) with cover (2011.12.42b) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
- 2011.12.42a: A Homer Laughlin China Company round vegetable bowl. The bowl is "Yellowstone," or octagonally, shaped, creamware, with a plain interior. The exterior is decorated with a band of gilt vine and leaves. On the front and back are two (2) yellow rose and black ivy floral sprays. On the bottom is a green stamp that reads [HOMER LAUGHLIN / MADE IN U.S.A. / H 7 N 5] with the company logo, a stylized letter "L" overlaying an "H," above the company name. The number [5] is stamped along the edge of the rim.
- 2011.12.42b: A Homer Laughlin China Company round vegetable bowl cover. The cover is "Yellowstone," or octagonally, shaped with a plain interior. The exterior is decorated with a band of gilt vine and leaves along the bottom edge and at the top of the handle. Above the gilt band are three (3) yellow rose and black ivy floral sprays at even intervals.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Newell, Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- serving dishes
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Cooking and dining
- Domestic life
- 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
- 2011.12.42ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




