Ceramic plate from Wormley & Son catering service
date: label: Date
content: 1888 - 1903
name: label: Created by
content: Greenwood China, founded 1861
label: Used by
content: Wormley & Son, American, 1888 - 1903
label: Subject of
content: Wormley Hotel, American, 1871 - 1897
notes: label: Description
content: A white ceramic dinner plate with a blue printed design around the border. The design is a repeating motif of birds, leaves and curving tendrils. On the verso, the plate is stamped with the business name of "WORMLEY & SON", the name of the catering business owned and operated by James Wormley and his sons in the late 19th century in Washington, DC. The plate also is stamped with the maker's mark “GREENWOOD CHINA, Trenton, N.J.", a style of stamp that Greenwood China started using in 1886.
place: label: Place made
content: Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Gift of Mavis Wormley Davis Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.107
objectType: label: Type
content: dinner plates
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: ceramic
label: Dimensions
content: Depth x Diameter: 1 3/16 × 9 in. (3 × 22.8 cm)