Brad Keeler Artwares three-part divided dish from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1949
name: label: Created by
content: Brad Keeler Artwares, American
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A three-part divided Lobsterware dish designed by Brad Keeler Artwares from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The dish is shaped with three (3) green, cupped, lettuce leaves. A large, red lobster sits on top with its claws extended outwards. The lobster’s tail serves as a handle. The bottom of the dish is a gradient green to white color. A black stamp reads [BRAD KEELER / MADE IN U.S.A.] and a second stamp below reads [866].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Los Angeles, California, 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: Business
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
label: Topic
content: Recreation
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: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
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: 2011.12.43.1
objectType: label: Type
content: serving dishes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on ceramic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/8 × 13 × 13 in. (10.5 × 33 × 33 cm)