Wooden plate with a carved floral rim made in a displaced persons camp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm)
Archival History
The decorative plate was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Barbara, C. Richard, and G. Robert Miller.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara, C. Richard, and G. Robert Miller, in loving memory of their mother Dorothy Jones Miller
Scope and Content
Wooden plate with a carved floral rim made by Nord Kaserne in the Latvian displaced persons camp in Wurzburg, Germany, in 1948. Nord was a carving teacher at the DP camp, and a pupil at the University of Riga of Nora Drapsche. His paintng, Washer woman, is also part of this colllection.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Wooden plate with a carved floral perimeter. There is a hanging hook on the plate's back. The plate is signed by the artist in Cyrillic.
handwriting in pen on the back of the plate
Genre
- Object
- Decorative Arts