Plate Decorated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois
name: label: maker
content: Twigg, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Made in 1841, this plate commemorates the construction of a temple built in Nauvoo, Illinois by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The temple design was based on visions experienced by church leader, Joseph Smith. The names on the rim of the plate are members of the church’s governing body, known as the Twelve Apostles, who served during the construction of the Nauvoo Temple.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Yorkshire
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: Larsen Ceramics
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ellouise Baker Larsen Collection of American Historical Staffordshire China
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.62.1017
label: catalog number
content: 62.1017
label: accession number
content: 171126
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate
label: Object Type
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: monochrome, blue (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: transfer printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in; 23.495 cm