{"id":5008,"date":"2021-12-05T23:17:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T23:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/?page_id=5008"},"modified":"2022-04-03T22:12:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T22:12:18","slug":"holiday-dining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/holiday-dining\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Dining"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: -92px;\">\n<table class=\"wp-list-table widefat fixed sliders\">\n<tbody id=\"the-list\" data-wp-lists=\"list:slider\">\n<tr class=\"alternate\">\n<td class=\"shortcode column-shortcode\">\n\t\t<!-- MasterSlider -->\n\t\t<div id=\"P_MS69d25dce3eac5\" class=\"master-slider-parent msl ms-parent-id-16\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- MasterSlider Main -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"MS69d25dce3eac5\" class=\"master-slider ms-skin-default\" >\n\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fit\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Holiday-Dining-Text-1024x197.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Holiday-Dining-Text-300x58.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Holiday-Dining-Text-768x148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Holiday-Dining-Text-1366x262.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Holiday-Dining-Text.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><br \/>\nVirtual Exhibition opening December 8, 2021<\/h2>\n<p>Holidays are all about celebrations with family and friends.&nbsp; Frequently these get togethers involve food and dining.&nbsp; The special holiday plates and serving bowls reserved for such occasions are ceremoniously retrieved from the china cupboard, washed, and lavishly filled with all the joyful foods savored at these gatherings of loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>The International Museum of Dinnerware Design is getting out the special holiday dishes this year, too. We received four holiday themed donations this year.&nbsp; Plans were devised for a pop up exhibition titled <em>Holiday Dining<\/em>.&nbsp;Due to high Covid rates in Michigan, it was decided to install the exhibition just long enough to photograph it and then create a virtual exhibition at our website for everyone to enjoy.<br \/>\n<a id=\"1\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#doubly-special\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5011 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-300x151.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-300x151.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-1024x515.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-768x386.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-1536x773.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-1366x687.jpeg 1366w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Kroger Company has just unveiled a bespoke set of <em>Doubly Special Dinnerware<\/em>, designed by ceramicist David Kim, which is intended to double the holiday celebration in 2021 to make up for the holiday void last year during the pandemic.&nbsp; Individual pieces are joined together to become double-sized, including platters, dinner plates, cups and saucers, soup tureens, and even gravy boats.&nbsp; The Kroger Company\u2019s shopping cart logo is still featured, but within a familiar blue and white pattern design with a nod to ceramic history (think <em>Blue Willow<\/em> or Chinese blue and white porcelains).&nbsp; The Kroger Company has generously donated a 13-piece set of their <em>Doubly Special Dinnerware<\/em> to IMoDD.<br \/>\n<a id=\"2\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#schreckengost\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5076 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270-300x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Schreckengost family recently donated a variety of <em>Christmas Eve<\/em> patterned dinnerware designed beginning in the 1950s by Viktor Schreckengost (1906-2008).&nbsp; The shapes are varied and some pieces are English bone china. The <em>Christmas Eve<\/em> pattern with the decorated tree and toys, bears the \u201cVS\u201d initials in the lower right corner. He designed the decoration, not necessarily the shapes of the dinnerware. One piece has a 1966 date on it.<br \/>\n<a id=\"3\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#noel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5056 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Schreckengost family also donated a boxed set of glassware stylistically decorated with the word <em>Noel <\/em>in red, green and gold, and marked \u201cGay Fad.\u201d&nbsp; It is unknown whether Viktor or Don Schreckengost designed these tumblers, but it is unlikely.&nbsp; Both Viktor and Don designed holiday dinnerware with Christmas trees and Christmas motifs which were produced by Salem China and other manufacturers. Fran Taylor\u2019s Gay Fad Studios, located in Lancaster, Ohio (ca, 1939 &#8211; late1950s), purchased glass blanks from Hazel Atlas, Federal Glass, and West Virginia Specialty Glass Company, and then the decorations were hand-painted or silk-screened onto these blanks. These popular Mid-Century Modern designs in cocktail ware were produced and enjoyed by consumers everywhere.<br \/>\n<a id=\"4\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#glidden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5078\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316-300x143.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316-300x143.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316-1024x489.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316-768x367.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a>Glidden Pottery is a unique stoneware bodied dinnerware that was produced in Alfred, New York from 1940 to 1957. Among the many hundreds of designs, is the favorite <em>Christmas Tree<\/em> motif that appeared in advertisements as early as July 1953.&nbsp; IMoDD recently acquired a second and a third version of the no. 35 canape plate, measuring 5.5\u201d square as gifts of Vincent van Zwanenberg and James Sherrard.&nbsp; This design on these plates may seem identical to one donated to the collection in 2012 and also the large tumbler (no. 1127) donated the same year by Bill Rhodes.&nbsp; However, the true beauty of this Christmas motif is that each piece was individually hand-painted, so no two are identical.<br \/>\n<a id=\"5\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#bing-and-grondahl\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5020 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates-300x152.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates-300x152.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates-1024x520.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates-768x390.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Bing &amp; Grondahl blue and white Christmas plates from Denmark were the first Christmas plates in the world, introduced in 1895, with a new design each year.&nbsp; In 2016, 109 of these porcelain Christmas plates, a nearly complete set, were donated to IMoDD by the family of Kathryn Shirley O\u2019Leary Haggard, who had collected them from every year up to 2003. People sometimes confuse Bing &amp; Grondahl with Royal Copenhagen.&nbsp; The two merged in 1987, and Bing &amp; Grondahl is now marketed under the Royal Copenhagen brand.<br \/>\n<a id=\"6\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#spode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5013 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a>Dinnerware and the holidays also conjure up visions of cookies and milk left out for Santa Claus to enjoy as he delivers gifts to good children everywhere on Christmas eve.&nbsp; What better cookie platter is there than the 14-inch Christmas tree-shaped dish created by the English manufacturer, Spode.&nbsp; The company was established in 1770. The first Spode Christmas tree dish was created in 1938, by Spode designer Harold Holdway. This 2021 version tree is decorated with children\u2019s toys, wrapped gifts under the tree, and a Santa tree topper. The borders are decorated with visions of mistletoe and holly.&nbsp; It would <em>almost<\/em> be a shame to cover the design with cookies!<br \/>\n<a id=\"7\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#lenox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5014\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-300x214.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-1078x768.jpeg 1078w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a>Sometimes the Christmas table is set with individual place settings with a holiday theme.&nbsp; Many important manufacturers create these special sets, including Spode, Mikasa, Royal Worcester, Fitz &amp; Floyd, among others. The U.S. company, Lenox China, has created their own fine bone china dishes with borders of holly on each dinner plate, salad plate, bread and butter plate, cup and saucer. The pieces are marked \u201cdishwasher safe\u201d yet the beautiful platinum banding signals to the hostess to hand wash only.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what holidays you celebrate, how you set the table becomes a special event involving family and friends.&nbsp; From all of us at the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, we wish you happy holidays and the best in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Tour of the Exhibition<\/h2>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<hr>\n<p><a id=\"doubly-special\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Catalogue of the Exhibition<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#1\"><input type=\"button\" value=\"Back\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5011 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-300x151.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-1024x515.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-768x386.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-1536x773.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Kroger-Company-Doubly-Special-Dinnerware-2021-1366x687.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>DTK Ceramics, Chicago<br \/>\nDavid Taegun Kim, designer (b. 1990)<br \/>\n<em>Doubly Special Dinnerware<\/em>, 2021<br \/>\n4 double dinner plates H: 1.25\u201d L: 18\u201d W: 10.75\u201d<br \/>\n4 double bowls H: 2.75\u201d L: 13.5\u201d W: 7.5\u201d<br \/>\n1 double soup tureen with lids H: 9.5\u201d L: 20.25\u201d W: 9\u201d<br \/>\n1 double platter H: 1.625\u201d L: 21.5\u201d W: 15.5\u201d<br \/>\n2 double cups H: 3.75\u201d L: 7\u201d W: 6.75\u201d<br \/>\n2 double saucers H: 1\u201d L: 8.375\u201d W: 5.875\u201d<br \/>\n1 double gravy boat H: 4.75\u201d L: 13\u201d W: 9.25\u201d<br \/>\nceramic, glazed, with decals<br \/>\nmark: chop mark \u201cDTK\u201d<br \/>\n2021.121 Gift of the Kroger Company<br \/>\n<a id=\"schreckengost\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"#2\"><input type=\"button\" value=\"Back\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5076 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270-1024x512.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christmas-Eve-design-by-Viktor-Schreckengost-1-e1638731395270.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Salem China, Salem, Ohio (1898-1967)<br \/>\nViktor Schreckengost, designer (American, 1906-2008)<br \/>\n10-piece grouping of the <em>Christmas Eve<\/em> Christmas tree pattern and other variations including stockings and greenery, toys, and village scenes, designed by Viktor Schreckengost on various Salem China shapes, various years, some signed \u201cVS\u201d in the bottom right including a lidded teapot, 2 large plates, a lidded sugar, a gravy boat, 3 saucers and a cup and ashtray\/nut dish<br \/>\nlidded teapot with drum, candy cane, and stars&nbsp; H: 5\u201d L: 9\u201d W: 6.25\u201d<br \/>\nround plate with Christmas tree motif and gold designed border Diam: 10.5\u201d<br \/>\nsquarish plate with Christmas tree motif&nbsp; L: 10.25\u201d W: 10.25\u201d<br \/>\ngravy boat with candles and stocking motif H: 3.75\u201d L: 8.5\u201d W: 3.5\u201d<br \/>\nlidded sugar H: 4.5\u201d L: 5.75\u201d W: 3.5\u201d<br \/>\n3 assorted saucers with village scenes Diam: 6\u201d<br \/>\ncup\/mug with Christmas bells and present motif H: 3\u201d L: 4\u201d Diam: 3.25\u201d<br \/>\nashtray\/nut dish H: 1\u201d L: 5.25\u201d W: 5\u201d<br \/>\nmarks: teapot and squarish plate marked \u201cSalem China Christmas Eve original by Viktor Schreckengost\u201d with a green and red wreath on base; round plate \u201cSalem English Bone China Christmas Eve Salem England\u201d; gravy marked \u201cSalem Swirl\u201d; lidded sugar marked the same as teapot except with gold wreath; saucers unmarked; cup\/mug marked with green and red wreath encircling \u201cSalem\u201d; ashtray\/nut dish marked with Santa in gold on base \u201c1966 Seasons greetings from Salem #15\u201d<br \/>\nprovenance:&nbsp; collection of Viktor Schreckengost<br \/>\n2021.100 Gift of the Schreckengost family<br \/>\n<a id=\"noel\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"#3\"><input type=\"button\" value=\"Back\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5056 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304-1024x516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1304.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gay Fad Studios, Lancaster, Ohio (ca. 1939-early 1960s)<br \/>\n7-piece <em>Noel<\/em> glass tumbler set with stenciled designs green, red and gold with stylized \u201cNoel\u201d on each piece, 1950s<br \/>\nglass<br \/>\nglass H: 5.5\u201d Diam: 2.75\u201d<br \/>\nmark:&nbsp; signed \u201cGay Fad\u201d on exterior with decoration<br \/>\nprovenance:&nbsp; collection of Viktor Schreckengost<br \/>\n2021.102 Gift of the Schreckengost family<br \/>\n<a id=\"glidden\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"#4\"><input type=\"button\" value=\"Back\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5078 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316-1024x489.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316-1024x489.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316-300x143.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316-768x367.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glidden-Christmas-Tree-canapes-and-tumbler-e1638731332316.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><a><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Glidden Pottery, Alfred, New York, manufacturer (1940-1957)<br \/>\nGlidden Parker, designer (1930-1980)<br \/>\nGlidden Pottery <em>Christmas Tree<\/em> design tumbler, and 3 canape plates, ca. 1953<br \/>\nproduction no. 127 and no. 35<br \/>\nstoneware, hand-painted, glazed<br \/>\ntumbler H: 5.625\u201d Diam: 3.5\u201d<br \/>\ncanape plates 5.5\u201d square<br \/>\n2012.21 Gift of Bill Rhodes, 2012.37 Gift of Margaret Carney and Bill Walker,<br \/>\n2021.124 Gift of Vincent van Zwanenberg and James Sherrard<br \/>\n<a id=\"bing-and-grondahl\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"#5\"><input type=\"button\" value=\"Back\"><\/a><a><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5020 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates-1024x520.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates-1024x520.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates-300x152.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates-768x390.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bing-and-Grondahl-Christmas-Plates.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bing &amp; Grondahl, Copenhagen, Denmark<br \/>\nselection of 3 of 109 Christmas plates, 1895-2003<br \/>\nporcelain, with underglaze cobalt designs<br \/>\naverage Diam:&nbsp; 7\u201d to 7.25\u201d<br \/>\n2016.7 Gift of the Estate of Kathryn Shirley O\u2019Leary Haggard<br \/>\n<a id=\"spode\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"#6\"><input type=\"button\" value=\"Back\"><\/a><a><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5013 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate-958x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate-958x1024.jpeg 958w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate-281x300.jpeg 281w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate-768x821.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate-719x768.jpeg 719w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate-1011x1080.jpeg 1011w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spode-Christmas-tree-plate-plate.jpeg 1198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, England (established 1770)<br \/>\nHarold Holdway, designer of first Spode Christmas Tree plate in 1938<br \/>\n14\u201d <em>Spode Christmas Tree<\/em> shaped porcelain dish, ca. 2021<br \/>\nporcelain, glazed, with decals<br \/>\nH: 1\u201d L: 14\u201d W: 12.5\u201d<br \/>\nmark: \u201cSpode Christmas Tree Dishwasher Safe Microwave Safe c. 1938 + S3324-A13 www.spode.com\u201d<br \/>\n2021.122 Museum Purchase<br \/>\n<a id=\"lenox\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"#7\"><input type=\"button\" value=\"Back\"><\/a><a><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5014 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China-1078x768.jpeg 1078w, https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lenox-China.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lenox China, headquarters Bristol, Pennsylvania (established 1889)<br \/>\n5-piece place setting <em>Holiday<\/em> pattern <em>Dimension<\/em> dinnerware first introduced in 1974, with holly and berries motif with gold trim, ca. pre-2020<br \/>\nporcelain, glazed, with decals<br \/>\ndinner plate Diam: 10.5\u201d<br \/>\nsalad plate Diam: 8\u201d<br \/>\nbread &amp; butter plate Diam: 6.5\u201d<br \/>\ncup H: 3\u201d L: 4.5\u201d Diam: 3.5\u201d<br \/>\nsaucer Diam: 6\u201d<br \/>\nmark: \u201cDimension Collection Lenox Holiday Made in U.S.A.\u201d<br \/>\n2021.123 Museum Purchase<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Exhibition opening December 8, 2021 Holidays are all about celebrations with family and friends.&nbsp; Frequently these get togethers involve food and dining.&nbsp; The special holiday plates and serving bowls&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5008","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5008"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5008\/revisions\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}