VOTES FOR WOMEN PLACE SETTING - SUFFRAGETTE PLATE CUP & SAUCER FROM NEWPORT
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VOTES FOR WOMEN PLACE SETTING - SUFFRAGETTE PLATE CUP & SAUCER FROM NEWPORTI purchased this place setting many years ago after visiting Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island. The plate, cup and saucer are reproductions of the dinnerware used at legendary Suffragette event. Produced by Mottahedeh, it is bears the hallmark "Historic Newport Reproduction." The copy on the back of the plate and saucer reads as follows:VOTES FOR WOMEN Mrs. Alba Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont (1853-1933) was first married to William K. Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius in 1895. At the time of her divorce, she came under the influence of Anna Howard Shaw, a noted suffragette and worked the rest of her life with the most militant groups of the suffrage movement. This service with the motto "Votes for Women" was used in 1909 at the famous Suffragette open house held at Marble House, Newport.(This pattern is no longer available from Mottahedeh.)Plate measures 9 1/2 inches in diameter. Saucer, 5 3/4 inches in diameter.Please feel free to contact me with questions.And thanks for looking...
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