Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Date
1945-1952
Medium
silver on metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 6 13/16 × 6 13/16 in. (6.4 × 17.3 × 17.3 cm)
Description
A silver plated decorative bowl from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The bowl is round with a wide, flat lip, and a footed base. The lip is decorated with an alternating fleur-de-lis and dart pattern along the edge. The body of the bowl is slotted with the metal strips alternating between thin plain strips and a wider strips decorated with a relief foliate pattern. At the flat center of the bowl is a stamped floral pattern that repeats three times. The exterior sides of the bowl and pedestal are smooth and plain. The pedestal attaches at the base of the of bowl and is decorated at the top with two concentric stepped bands. The hallow pedestal narrows at the center and then tapers outwards at the base. Printed in relief, molded text on the bottom of the bowl is [MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN] below a stylized rising sun.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place made
Japan, Asia
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Type
bowls (vessels)
Topic
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Cooking and dining
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
2011.12.57
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f711d062-09da-4a6e-a4ef-a585d3f2c9d3

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