Ceramic plate commemorating the Centennial of the 16th Street Baptist Church
- Created by
- Kettlesprings Kilns, American, founded 1950
- Subject of
- 16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- ceramic and glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 × 10 × 10 in. (2.5 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A commemorative ceramic plate featuring an image of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The plate has a cream colored background with a dark green transfer pattern that depicts the 16th Street Baptist Church in a central roundel. Over the top of the image is text within a banner that reads “1873 Centennial 1973." At the bottom is a banner with text that reads "Sixteenth Street Baptist Church/ Birmingham, Alabama." Around the plate's edge is wide border, also in dark green. The border consists of closely spaced radiating striations under a fruit and floral motif. There are three small roundels placed around the border. One depicts a cross, one an open book, and the bottom depicts a goblet and plate and bread. On the bottom of the plate is text in green that reads "SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH / Birmingham, Alabama / CENTENNIAL / 1873-1973 / Kettlesprings / Kilns / Alliance, Ohio / 2290-S."
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Type
- ceramics
- Topic
- American South
- Baptist
- Civil rights
- Communities
- Design
- Hate crimes
- Religion
- Resistance
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marilynn Syphax in memory of Harriet Irene White
- Object number
- 2017.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.