- 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: 1 7/16 × 8 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (3.6 × 22.2 × 24 cm)
- Description
- A Lobsterware plate designed by Brad Keeler Artwares from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The plate is shaped like a large lettuce leaf and has a small, red lobster claw attached on the left side, near the base of the leaf. The bottom of the dish is a gradient green to white color. A black stamp reads [891] and a second stamp below reads [BRAD KEELER / MA[DE IN] U.S.A.].
- 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
- Craftsmanship
- 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
- 2011.12.43.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




