Homer Laughlin China Company round covered vegetable bowl
date: label: Date
content: August 1927
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Homer Laughlin China Company, American, founded 1871
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 Homer Laughlin China Company round covered vegetable bowl (2011.12.42a) with cover (2011.12.42b) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.42a: A Homer Laughlin China Company round vegetable bowl. The bowl is "Yellowstone," or octagonally, shaped, creamware, with a plain interior. The exterior is decorated with a band of gilt vine and leaves. On the front and back are two (2) yellow rose and black ivy floral sprays. On the bottom is a green stamp that reads [HOMER LAUGHLIN / MADE IN U.S.A. / H 7 N 5] with the company logo, a stylized letter "L" overlaying an "H," above the company name. The number [5] is stamped along the edge of the rim.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.42b: A Homer Laughlin China Company round vegetable bowl cover. The cover is "Yellowstone," or octagonally, shaped with a plain interior. The exterior is decorated with a band of gilt vine and leaves along the bottom edge and at the top of the handle. Above the gilt band are three (3) yellow rose and black ivy floral sprays at even intervals.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Newell, Hancock County, West Virginia, 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: Domestic life
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: 2011.12.42ab
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: leaf (metal) on ceramic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 4 5/16 × 10 3/16 × 8 13/16 in. (11 × 25.8 × 22.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.42a): 2 9/16 × 10 3/16 × 8 13/16 in. (6.5 × 25.8 × 22.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.42b): 2 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (6 × 20 × 20 cm)