Digital Collection
2017.168.251

Plate, Butter

One small butter plate from the dining room of the passenger steamship, SS ORINOCO, of the Quebec Steamship Company. The round plate is made of heavyweight white glazed china. It has short curved sides, a rounded top edge, and a flat bottom. At the center of the plate, a red image of a steamship is shown inside a circular ribbon band along with text that reads "The Quebec Steamship Company." The underside of the plate is stamped with red text that reads "Made By John Maddock & Sons, Ltd., England, for Kniffin & Tooker, New York."

Date
1890s
Collection
Material
China
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