Shelley China/Wileman Magnificent Shell Shaped Dish David Prouty High School-MA

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Shelley China/Wileman Magnificent Shell Shaped Dish David Prouty High School-MA:
$110.00

You are offerding on a Shelley/Wileman China badged dish in the elegant Shell shape. This dish isheavily trimmed in gold on the edges and with hand-painted fan design for the ears. This handy little dish can be used for condiments, trinkets, candies, butter, etc., but it really belongs in a museum inMassachusetts. The piece measures 7\" X 5 1/2\" X 1 1/4\" ear to ear.\" The beautiful shape is called Shell. The litho shows the beautiful David Prouty High School in Spencer, MA.circa1900.
There are no chips, cracks or repairs to this piece
HISTORY OF DAVID PROUTY HIGH SCHOOL and NOTABLE RESIDENTS
In 1839 the town hall was constructed, and eighteen years later, Denny Hall, the town\'s first high school, was built. In 1888-1889, four prominent citizens (David Prouty, Richard Sugden, Luther Hill and Nathaniel Myrick) presented the town with a new high school, a library, a public park and the Spencer Agricultural Fair Grounds. The Howe family of Spencer did much to make the town famous in the annals of ingenious Americans.William Howeof Spencer developed a wooden truss bridge named for him, and his brother, Tyler Howe, patented a spring bed. Their nephew,Elias Howe, Jr., may well have eclipsed them when he invented the lockstitch sewing machine.

Elias Howe(1819–1867), inventor of thesewing machine
Nathan Cobb(1859–1932), known as \"the father ofnematologyin the United States\"
Phineas Jones(1819–1884), representedNew Jersey\'s 6th congressional districtfrom 1881-83