Soap Dish

Original OwnerOriginally owned by The Heublein Hotel American

MakerMade by Greenwood China Company American, 1868 - 1933

Dateabout 1900-1930

MediumMechanically-molded vitrified china with brown underglaze decoration

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 4 7/8in. (12.4cm)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineGift of Paige Adams

DescriptionRound, white, vitrified china soap dish with plain rim, tapered sides, and a flat bottom. The dish has a brown, underglaze, printed decoration. In the center is the figure of a sphinx, or a lion's body with a woman's torso and wings. The sphinx's right paw rests on a shield containing the intertwined letters "T" and "H" below a crown. Above this is the word "The" and below is "Heublein". The interior sides of the dish have a design of branches with thorns, leaves and berries. The interior bottom of the dish has some light yellow and brown stains. There is one chip on the edge of the rim, and two large chips on the underside of the rim.

Object number2005.171.2

MarkingsThe underside of the dish has an impressed mark of "GREENWOOD CHINA/ TRENTON, N.J."

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