Cabinet plate with image of the yacht "Enterprise"

Manufacturer Lenox Incorporated (American)

Artist William Morley

Manufacturer Lenox, Incorporated

Date1930

Geographic OriginTrenton, New Jersey | United States of America

MediumSlip-cast belleek porcelain with clear glaze, gold and enamel

DimensionsOverall: H 1 x Diam 10 1/2 in. (H 2.5 x Diam 26.7 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 2006 Wallace M. Scudder Bequest Fund

Object number2006.11.9

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Label Caption Title Cabinet plate with image of the yacht "Enterprise"

Inscriptionson reverse in gold roman letters: "American Yacht / ENTERPRISE / Won the International Cup Races / 1930."Marks and Labels/StampsSigned on front, bottom left: " W. H. Morley" ;Printed green Lenox wreath mark on bottom; gold mark painted on "1830 / F-306B"; Gold embossed plastic sticker "44"; Gold metallic sticker "SAMPLE / NOT / FOR SALE"; Large oval typed paper sticker from LENOX that repeats same information.ProvenancePurchased at Christie's April 2006, Brown-Forman sale of Lenox Archives material, lot 332, $1800 for two platesExhibition History"Hot, Hotter, Hottest: 300 Years of New Jersey Ceramics", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 21, 2016 - March 14,2020).
"The Lenox Legacy:America's Greatest Porcelain, 1889-2005", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (August 2008 - September 2011)

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