Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Carnegie Library, Escanaba, Michigan |
Catalog Number |
M-2001.04.01 |
Object Name |
Plate, Commemorative |
Description |
Small decorative plate, or dish, with a transfer image picture of the Carnegie Public Library on the face. Background is pink with blue sky and other natural colors. Picture is in a fan shaped panel. Some gold paint outlining elements of the rim and details on the interior.Mark stamped on back "Wheelock made in Germany for The Fair Savings Bank Department Store. Escanaba, Mich. Weimar. |
Date |
c. 1915 |
Collection |
Museum |
Material |
China |
Number of images |
2 |
Notes |
Wheelock was not the manufacturer of souvenir china, as some believe, but the importer. Because Germany and Austria had the raw material to produce high quality hard paste porcelain, those two countries were the major source of souvenir china. The procedure was as follows. The scenes or pictures were selected in the area where they were to be sold, usually from postcards. They were then sent to Europe for processing. The next step was to make a transfer print of the picture which was then applied to the china. Initially the pictures were black and white but later many were hand colored at factories. Eventually transfer prints were done in color eliminating the step of coloring by hand. - |
Search Terms |
Carnegie Library, Escanaba |
Subjects |
Souvenirs Commemoration |
Place of Origin |
Michigan - Delta County - Escanaba |
Caption |
Carnegie Library Souvenir plate |