Plate, Dinner
Object number2003.79.2
Artist
Wood & Sons, Ltd.
Date1900-1917
MediumChina
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. William H. Brown
DescriptionWhite china plate with band of green around edge and smaller band of green around center of plate. At center of the plate there is a design of a brown ram's head with a white banner attached to either horn that reads Hammel's in red letters.DimensionsDiameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm)MarksBack of plate: Vitrified/Acme China/Wood & Sons/England/Furnished by/Albert P.....
Historical NotesThe donor's great aunt, Maria Ann Carey, worked as a live-in seamstress for and was a close friend to the Hammel family, owners of Hammel's Restaurant and Cafe in Jenkin's Arcade.Label TextMolded glass beer stein with engraved pewter lid and ceramic plates featuring rams’ heads from Hammel’s Restaurant and Café, a German restaurant once located in the Jenkin’s Arcade Building of downtown Pittsburgh. Hammel’s closed around 1917 because of the heightened anti-German sentiments brought about by World War I. The objects descended to donor Sarah Jane Brown through her aunt, Maria Ann Carey, who worked for the Hammel family as a live-in seamstress.
Related institution
Hammel's Restaurant and Café
Subjects
On View
On view
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