Berwick (Boopie) sherbet dish from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Anchor Hocking Glassware, American, founded 1905
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: An Anchor Hocking Berwick (Boopie) clear glass sherbet dish from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The bowl shaped dish has a footed base with a decorative glass ball design. The dish is clear, round, and smooth with walls that taper outward in a rounded “V” shape. Where the bottom of the dish connects to the stem, is a thick glass bead around the circumference of the stem. Below is a thin, reeded stem that tapers outwards to a round foot, decorated at the edge with round glass balls.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.55
objectType: label: Type
content: bowls (object components)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 9/16 × 3 11/16 × 3 11/16 in. (9.1 × 9.4 × 9.4 cm)