Plate with Delta Sigma Theta letters: Museum Object and Cultural History
Plate with Delta Sigma Theta letters: Date: after 1913. Created by: Eva Miller. Subject of: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913.
The object in the museum catalogue
Heart-shaped ceramic plate painted white with the Delta Sigma Theta Greek letters painted red and a gold border set in the middle of the plate. The border of the plate consists of small hearts with red ribbon weaved through the center of the hearts. On the back is the signature [Eva Miller] in gold paint.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: after 1913
- Created by: Eva Miller
- Subject of: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
- Owned by: Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey, American
- Type: plates (dishes)
- Medium: ceramic , cloth , paint
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 x 1 in. (19.7 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Sororities
- Topic: Women
- Topic: Women's organizations
- Object number: 2012.22.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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