Saucer

Description

White porcelain saucer. Around the rim there are two thin black lines with a light-green stripe 7/23" wide in between them. Underneath the border echoing the curve of the saucer, is light-green transfer-printed text, in all caps, which reads "SHAKERS MT. LEBANON N.Y.". The font of the text outlines the letters in white giving them a three-dimensional quality. Underneath the text is a hand-painted floral designs comprised of a brown branch, dual-green stem, and three pink flowers. The smallest flower has just one obvious petal. The flower nearest to the small one, has seven petals around a yellow floral disc. The last pink flower has five petals also around a yellow floral disc. There is another hand-painted decoration with a brown branch, dual-green stem and two orange flowers. One of the flowers is smal with two visible petals while the other has many petals around a yellow floral disc.

Notes

On October 12, 1886 Benjamin Gates, Cornelia French, and Mary Hazard of the Church family traveled to New York City to order plates from Union Porcelain Works. On February 20, 1887 a note in Anna Dodgsons journal refers to new plates with "Shaker & c". These are the only dishes marked with a community name.