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Porcelain dish with a scene of a Jewish beggar being chased by a dog

Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.130

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    Porcelain dish with a scene of a Jewish beggar being chased by a dog

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Small ceramic plate with a Jewish moocher or beggar dressed in patched clothes being chased by a bulldog above the phrase "Life is just one damn thing after another." This plate is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials.
    Date
    creation:  approximately 1900
    Geography
    creation: Stoke-on-Trent (England)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Manufacturer: Aynsley China Ltd
    Biography
    The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Classification
    Decorative Arts
    Category
    Ceramics
    Physical Description
    Small white ceramic dish with a shallow bowl and scalloped edges. Painted across the center, from right to left, is a scene of a drooling, white bulldog chasing a man in hobo dress with what can be seen as stereotypical Jewish features such as a large nose, a crumpled top hat, and a walking stick. A blue bandanna is knotted around his neck and his jackets and pants have repair patches. The phrase: "Life is just one damn thing after another." is printed beneath the image.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm)
    Materials
    overall : ceramic, paint, glaze

    Rights & Restrictions

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

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The plate was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Special Collection
    Katz Ehrenthal Collection
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:11:15
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