Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish: Saint Nicholas Society
Object name
Dish: Saint Nicholas Society
Date
1936
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 18.4 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware dish with hand painted decoration in blue, brown, orange, and gold composed of the crest of the Saint Nicholas Society in the center and surrounded by a border of leaves and words and a gold band; foot rim has two pierced holes for wall hangings.
Credit Line
Gift of Saint Nicholas Society
Object Number
1936.625
Marks
painted: on obverse: "SAINT NICHOLAS SOCIETY/DECEMBER 1936"
painted: on reverse: " ROYAL/GOEDEWAAGEN/GOUDA/MADE IN HOLLAND'
Gallery Label
According to the donor, this dish is a souvenir of the 102nd dinner of the Saint Nicholas Society, held on December 7, 1936 at the Plaza Hotel.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
