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- Description
- Souvenir or commemorative circular plate for Naumburg, Germany, machine-engraved and -stamped with the city's name above crossed-key-and-sword coat of arms in flat well; single-reeded rim and well are bordered by pairs of undulating lines punctuated by small squares and rectangles, with "1800." engraved inside top face of rim. No foot ring. Underside of rim is engraved ".W.M.S."., while well has three, clipped-corner square marks arranged in a circle at center, stamped once with a crowned shield bearing crossed hammers and stamped twice with a touch mark of "C G / B" in raised serif letters across an anchor becoming a "4" at top with "1708" below.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- plate
- Object Type
- plate
- date made
- 1875 - 1915
- place made
- Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Naumburg
- place used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 9 in; 1.905 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- DL.387159
- catalog number
- 387159
- accession number
- 175755
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Miss Mary E. Maxwell
- subject
- coat-of-arms
- Germany
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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