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Description
Imprint on the bottom of a commemorative tea cup manufactured by Wheelock in Germany for the Tom L. Evans & Company Department Store, Biddeford around 1905. Various pieces of china were created and sold, probably to celebrate the City's 50th anniversary.
About This Item
- Title: Mark on commemorative tea cup, Biddeford, ca. 1905
- Creator: Wheelock
- Creation Date: circa 1905
- Subject Date: circa 1905
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: China
- Dimensions: 7.5 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm
- Local Code: 2006.27
- Collection: Special Collections
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Porcelain--Marks
- Department stores--Maine--Biddeford
- Anniversaries--Maine--Biddeford
- Drinking cups--Maine--Biddeford
- Porcelain--Maine--Biddeford
- Biddeford (Me.)--Commemoration
- teacups--Maine--Biddeford
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Maine--Biddeford
- Keepsakes--Maine--Biddeford
- Tom L. Evans & Company (Biddeford, Me.)
- Stores & shops--Maine--Biddeford
- makers' marks
- marks (symbols)
- Souvenir china--Maine--Biddeford
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