Commemorative
Object number2012.55.1
Artist
G. Jones
Date1996
MediumClay, glaze
Credit LineGift of Raymond Lake
DescriptionCeramic crock, glaze is white with brown flecks. Semicircular handle on each side under the lip. Painted text in blue on the front around an image of a brown building with a flagpole on the roof and two school busses on the street out front.Dimensions9.875 x 10 x 30.5 in. (25.1 x 25.4 x 77.5 cm)SignedPainted on underside " 'G. Jones 96' ".
InscriptionsPainted in blue on the front is: "Senator John Heinz / Pittsburgh Regional / History Center / April 1996".
Historical NotesCommemorative crock given to donors/members of the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center when they opened their new Strip District history center in 1996. Now called the Senator John Heinz History Center, it was originally The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (this is still the institution's legal name).
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Senator John Heinz History Center
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