Plate

Object | Accession Number: 1990.36.59

Overview

Date: approximately 1957
Geography: use: Sachsenberg Psychiatric Asylum; Schwerin (Germany)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Medizin und Pharmaziehistoriches Museum Wismar

Physical Details

Classification: Household Utensils
Category: Tableware
Object Type: Plates (Tableware) (lcsh)
Materials: overall : aluminum

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The plate was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Medizin und Pharmaziehistorisches Museum Wismar.

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