Glass goblet commemorating the 100th anniversary. "Lancaster County Historical Society" is engraved on the bowl of goblet. "1886/ 1986" is engraved on the stem. Engraved on edge of base: "Presented To The L.C.H.S. by James McMullen"
Dinner napkin from 2015 US Women's Open held at Lancaster Country Club. Disposable felted fiber napkin with logo of 2015 US Women's Open at Lancaster Country Club.
Interconnected sheet iron dinner pail with four parts.
A) Bottom storage pail - Decorative ridging 3/4 of way up form bottom. 2 Handle attachments, 2 rivets. Large pail with wire handle threaded through wooden roll handle.
B) Smaller bin - Plain sheet cylinder with one seam. Top edges on both rolled to outside. Both bottoms attached with lower edge folded up over bottom of cylinder.
C) Lid - sports a standing 1.75 inch cylinder to hold the cup.
Majolica tin glazed earthenware dish in shell-like form. Whorl at one end with curving corrugations radiating outward. Dish sides have regular pattern of perforations for drainage. Low footring base. Hand-painted decoration on pale greenish yellow color overall with delicate vining done with delicate brush strokes and daubs of ochre for leaves. Additional decoration of larger scale flowers or flower clusters and a moth-like insect. Dish edges and whorl painted ochre with diagonal stripes.
Underside, within footring, is the famous cockerel mark painted in wispy brush strokes, representing the Cantagalli family factory in Florence, Italy - likely the period when Ulisse Cantagalli succeeded his father in 1878 and started to produce highly decorative Italian ceramics in the Renaissance style. This pottery style was hugely popular at this time in English-speaking countries. Ulisse died in 1901 but his family continued the business.
Provenance: Dish owned by Harriet Lane Joohnston, then descent within family to donor.
Provenance
Plate owned by Harriet Lane Johnston, then descent within family to donor.
Large flow blue ironstone plate. White body with blue designs and excess glaze. Plant design around rim. Tree/pagoda scene on plate face. Rim not rounded - made of many slightly curved edges. On bottom, ribbon mark with the words 'Ironstone', 'Chapoo', a
[description appears incomplete. Website potteries.org identifies Chapoo as a pattern used by John Wedg Wood. The name comes from the battle of Cahpu, China, 1842.---mta]
Manufacturer of earthenware at Hadderidge Bank, Burslem and then at Woodland Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
John Wood either already had or, more probably adopted, a middle name 'Wedg' - this rather conveniently caused his marks to been mistaken for the more famous Josiah Wedgwood
One trade directory (1841 Pigot) lists his second name as 'Wedge' but all others correctly give 'Wedg'. John Wedg Wood died, age 43, in May 1857.
One of 44 Parisian Pink dinner plates. White with gold laurel leaf border; inside wider band of pink bordered with gold; monogram 'HEJ' and coat of arms (armored upraised arm with dagger) in gold; scalloped edge.
Transfer print decorated plate. Pink transfer on rim, green transfer on interior, scene of bridge.
Plate with red and green transfer print of what appears to be an Asian scene. Central (green) section shows a suspension bridge. Three people stand together in foreground. Small boats, buildings with mountains in the background. Small decorative red border in center. 2.25-inch wide red ends with a small border along the scalloped edge.
On the back of the plate, in green, is a shield with uppercase cursive "EW&S" above a bridge with towers at each end. "Suspension/Bridges" is printed within. A "12" is stamped in green on the plate.
