- Created by
- Brad Keeler Artwares, American
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- ca. 1949
- Medium
- paint on ceramic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4 1/8 × 13 × 13 in. (10.5 × 33 × 33 cm)
- Description
- A three-part divided Lobsterware dish designed by Brad Keeler Artwares from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The dish is shaped with three (3) green, cupped, lettuce leaves. A large, red lobster sits on top with its claws extended outwards. The lobster’s tail serves as a handle. The bottom of the dish is a gradient green to white color. A black stamp reads [BRAD KEELER / MADE IN U.S.A.] and a second stamp below reads [866].
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Type
- serving dishes
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Cooking and dining
- Design
- 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
- 2011.12.43.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




