Ironstone Vegetable Dish
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
name: label: maker
content: E.F. Bodley and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This white ironstone covered vegetable dish was made by E. F. Bodley and Company, of Burslem, Staffordshire, England, and bears the motto of the C.S.S. Alabama, “AIDE TOI ET DIEU T'AIDERA” or "God helps those who help themselves."
label: Description
content: Originally the covered vegetable dish was part of a service intended for the C.S.S. Alabama, but it was ultimately divided amongst other ships in the Confederate Navy. This particular dish came into the possession of Captain Michael Philip Usina, who at that time was a subordinate of Captain Semmes of the C.S.S. Alabama. Due to economic hardship after the war, Captain Usina asked Mr. Willax, a shopkeeper in St. Augustine, Florida, to sell the dish for profit. According to museum records, the dish came into Dr. James Kimball's possession in 1878 as compensation for treatment of Mrs. Willax for yellow or typhoid fever. The dish was handed down from father to son and then made it into the museum's collection in 1959 by way of gift from the late Mr. Samuel Eastman Kimball.
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, Burslem
label: sunk
content: France
topic: label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Samuel Eastman Kimball
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58709N
label: catalog number
content: 58709-N
label: accession number
content: 235044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish, vegetable
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ironstone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 11 in; 13.97 cm x 26.67 cm x 27.94 cm