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: A survey of SS <I>United States</I> menus from the 1950s reveals a delectable array of choices for dessert. For luncheon on July 5, 1953, passengers might have enjoyed Lemon Chiffon or Rhubarb Pie, Chocolate Cream Puffs, Biscuit Glace, Coconut Custard Pudding, Assorted Pastries, Cream Cornets, Mixed Cookies, Strawberry Sherbet, French Crullers, and Coffee or Vanilla Ice Cream. That evening for dinner the choices were even more tantalizing: Special <I>Parfait au Nougat</I>, <I>Marrons Glace</I>, Frozen Ice Cream with Fudge Sauce, Diplomat Pudding with Melba Sauce, Champagne Sherbet, <I>Coupe Glace St. Jacques</I>, Biscuit Tortoni, <I>Savarin au Rhum</I>, <I>Nougat Parfait</I>, <I>Petit Fours</I>, Vanilla or Pistachio Ice Cream with Nabisco Wafers, Fruit Bowls, and Grapes on Ice.
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.335565.06A
label: accession number
content: 1978.2219
label: catalog number
content: 335565.06A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate, dessert
label: Object Name
content: plate, desert
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