Dessert Plate, SS <I>United States</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Lamberton Sterling
notes: label: Description
content: This dessert plate was used aboard the SS <I>United States</I>, the largest and fastest passenger liner ever built in the United States. Launched in 1952, it was billed as the most modern and luxurious ship in service on the North Atlantic. This plate was one of the 125,000 pieces of chinaware supplied to the ship by the United States Lines. The china—a pattern featuring a ring of gray stars—was produced by Lamberton Sterling, an American manufacturer.
label: Description
content: There were plenty of choices for dessert aboard the SS <I>United States</I>. Menus from a December 1954 voyage—the first taken by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on an American vessel—reveal a combination of American favorites and fancy confections inspired by the French. For dinner on December 10, passengers enjoyed Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake, and Peach Melba, as well as <I>Meringue Glace au Chocolat, Frangipan, and Petits Fours</I>. For luncheon the next day, the choices ranged from Green Apple or Blueberry Pie to <I>Biscuit Glace</I> and <I>Chocolate Éclairs</I>.
place: label: Associated Place
content: Atlantic Ocean
topic: label: related event
content: Postwar United States
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Food
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from US Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration (through R. J. Blackwell)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.335565.06B
label: accession number
content: 1978.2219
label: catalog number
content: 335565.6b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate, dessert
label: Other Terms
content: plate, dessert; Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; .635 cm x 16.51 cm