Object Details
Created by
Kettlesprings Kilns, American, founded 1950
Subject of
16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873
Description
A commemorative ceramic plate featuring an image of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The plate has a cream colored background with a dark green transfer pattern that depicts the 16th Street Baptist Church in a central roundel. Over the top of the image is text within a banner that reads “1873 Centennial 1973." At the bottom is a banner with text that reads "Sixteenth Street Baptist Church/ Birmingham, Alabama." Around the plate's edge is wide border, also in dark green. The border consists of closely spaced radiating striations under a fruit and floral motif. There are three small roundels placed around the border. One depicts a cross, one an open book, and the bottom depicts a goblet and plate and bread. On the bottom of the plate is text in green that reads "SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH / Birmingham, Alabama / CENTENNIAL / 1873-1973 / Kettlesprings / Kilns / Alliance, Ohio / 2290-S."
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marilynn Syphax in memory of Harriet Irene White
Date
1973
Object number
2017.7
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Type
ceramics
Medium
ceramic and glaze
Dimensions
H x W x D: 1 × 10 × 10 in. (2.5 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Place depicted
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
American South
Baptist
Civil Rights
Communities
Design
Hate crimes
Religion
Resistance
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2017.7