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Plate

1900-1930
Place madeMaine, United States, North America
Ceramic
Overall: 1/2 in. × 6 1/4 in. (1.3 × 15.9 cm)
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
2002.1.3598
DescriptionA deep beige plate with a gold rim and on the top and bottom border "Provost & Vincent/ 201 Lincoln Street/ Lewiston, Maine/ Furniture, Sewing Machines/ Pianos, Graphonolas/ Hardware, Jewelry, Etc." around a multicolored scene of four little girls in pinafores playing around a grandfather clock with a mouse of the face encircled by the words "Hickory, Dickory, Dock/ The Mouse Ran Up The Clock."
Collections
  • Business and Advertising Ephemera: The Bella C. Landauer Collection
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1940
2002.1.32
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
2002.1.2565
Clock
Unidentified maker
2014.31.1867
Plate
1951
2002.1.3648
Flagon
Meriden Britannia Company
1875–1900
1928.35a
Grandfather clock key crank
Unidentified maker
2018.44.206.6
Grandfather clock key crank
Unidentified maker
2018.44.206.7
Bookmark
1930-1950
2002.1.2124
Game of Pussy and Three Mice
McLoughlin Brothers
1890
2000.328
The New York City Nuttcracker
Elliott Arkin
ca. 1991-94
2000.3
Box of crayons
Transogram Company, Inc.
ca. 1946
2010.26.77
Trade sign
1934-1940
2002.1.3180