Liberty Queen's Ware Plate
date: label: date made
content: April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918
name: label: commissioner
content: Taylor, Lillian Gary
label: maker
content: Wedgwood and Sons, Ltd, Josiah
label: maker
content: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ivory-colored ceramic plate with the "Liberty" motif consisting of a center shield with the American Stars and Stripes surrounded by eleven Allied flags from World War I, including (from left to right) Cuba, Romania, Montenegro, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, France, Russia, Japan, Portugal, and Serbia. Lillian Gary Taylor designed and sold Liberty China and Queen's Ware to raise funds to support charitable relief organizations during WWI.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
topic: label: web subject
content: Women's History
label: general subject association
content: Charity Organizations
label: decorative motif
content: coat-of-arms
label: decorative motif
content: Flags
label: web subject
content: Fund Raising
label: decorative motif
content: Liberty
label: decorative motif
content: Patriotic
label: web subject
content: Tea Drinking
label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: Liberty China
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content: Military
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Taylor, Lillian Gary. Liberty China and Queen’s Ware: Manufactured and Sold Solely for the Benefit of Various Allied War Charities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Victor Polikoff and Muriel Polikoff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0790.03
label: accession number
content: 1980.0790
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0790.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate
label: Object Type
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gilt (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 19.685 cm