China salad plates from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1933
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Noritake Co., Limited, Japanese, founded 1876
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: Eight (8) Noritake salad plates, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each plate has a white, round well at the bottom of the plate, surrounded by a wide cream band that runs around the lip of the plate. The lip is also decorated with four (4) yellow, dark pink, blue, and green floral sprays. The white center and cream band are divided with a thin, green scalloped band with yellow triangles. A second thin, green band with a gilt edge decorates the edge of the plates. The back base of the plate is white with a Noritake stamp. The backstamp is a green arabesque wreath with yellow fill and a large, arabesque, black [M] at the center. Black text stamped above and below the wreath reads [NORITAKE] at the top and [JAPAN] at the bottom.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Asia
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: 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: 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: 2011.12.40.2.1-.8
objectType: label: Type
content: dinner services
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: paint on leaf (metal) porcelain
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11/16 × 7 11/16 × 7 11/16 in. (1.7 × 19.5 × 19.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)