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Title
Steamer Oddfellow Ceramic Basket
Creator
Wheelock

Institution
Alden District Library

Subject
Porcelain

Subject
Helena Township, Antrim County (Mich.)

Subject
NULL

Item Number
CE01c003

Relation
Part of the Artifact Collection, Helena Twp. Historical Museum, Alden, MI

Type
image

Format
tiff

Description
Ornamental chinaware basket, oval-shaped, c. 1900. CE01c003p1 shows front: white chinaware with scalloped edge, perforated sides and shell-shaped handles, which are trimmed with lilac paint. Color rendering, printed in center, of steamboat on water; 'STEAMER ODD FELLOW, TORCH RIVER, ALDEN, MICH.' printed below picture. p2 is a detail of rendering in center of basket,from p1. p3 shows back of basket with imprint of maker, 'WHEELOCK MADE IN GERMANY FOR [COY MERC. CO., ALDEN, MICH.] WEIMAR'. '91.5.1' engraved below by Helena Twp. Historical Museum. p4 is a detail of p3.

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