- Object name(s):
- portrait tile; tile
- Brief description:
- portrait tile; photographic portrait of Charles Van Raalte; green/ochre glaze; label on back 'In Memoriam. Charles Van Raalte/ Messrs Carter of Poole have presented 500 of these Portrait Tiles to the Poole Borough League of Help and the proceeds will be devoted to its Funds'
- Collection:
- Poole Museum
- Acquisition reference number:
- LOANS : 001
- Associated concept:
- ceramics
- Associated person:
- Poole Guild of Help
- Association note:
- note from minutes of their meeting 1908 'Messrs Carters of Poole have presented 500 of these protrait tiles free to the Poole Borough League of Help. The proceeds of the sale of these will be devoted to its fund. Borough of Poole Guild of Help thank Carter's for their kind gift of this production' (see letter in information file); Poole Guild of Help was apparently inaugurated in December 1907 (same thing?), had a Head for each borough ward and helpers who helped those in need (involved with emergency school meals 18.7.1921) (info from Janet Mellors Aug 07)
- Condition:
- fair
- Content - person:
- Van Raalte, Charles
- Person's association:
- subject
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension value:
- 15.2 cm
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension value:
- 10.6 cm
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension value:
- 1 cm
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- portrait tile; tile
- Object number:
- T:1996.548
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1908
- Object production person:
- Carter and Co.
- Person's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Poole
- Other number:
- E.670
- Other number type:
- previous number
- Reproduction type:
- result
- Use begin date:
- 10.2.1998
- Use begin date:
- 1998
- Use end date:
- 17.2.1998
- Use title:
- Focus on Hamworthy
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f1baa307-b668-38e7-87c3-2538ccaf0362
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f1baa307-b668-38e7-87c3-2538ccaf0362, Poole Museum, CC BY-NC
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