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Franklin D. Roosevelt Commemorative Dish
Artifact IDMO 2025.2.1
Object Type
Plate, Commemorative
Maker
The Paragon China Company
(British, 1919 - 1960)
Dateca. 1941
Mediumceramic (bone china)
Dimensionsoverall H 1 in x Diam 3 7/16 in (2.5 cm x 8.7 cm )
Physical DescriptionA Franklin D. Roosevelt commemorative dish. The small, round, bowl-like fine bone china dish is white at the center with a mint green exterior and a gold-painted rim. At the interior center of the dish is a sepia-tone drawn portrait of FDR’s head and shoulders with his name below, “President Roosevelt.”
On the underside of the dish is the manufacturer’s information, and information on the dish, printed in sepia: PARAGON / BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE QUEEN & H.M. QUEEN MARY / FINE BONE CHINA / ENGLAND / REGD / Patriotic Series / Produced during War of Britain.
Additional DetailsOn the underside of the dish is the manufacturer’s information, and information on the dish, printed in sepia: PARAGON / BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE QUEEN & H.M. QUEEN MARY / FINE BONE CHINA / ENGLAND / REGD / Patriotic Series / Produced during War of Britain.
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Karole S. Mourek, from the collection of Anthony J. Mourek, in 2024.
Credit LineGift from the Anthony J. Mourek Collection
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
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