New Jersey - Lenox Legacy: America's Greatest Porcelain, 1889-2005 at Newark Museum

Lenox Legacy: America's Greatest Porcelain, 1889-2005

A small exhibition will look at highlights of the long history of Lenox China in New Jersey, from the beginnings in Trenton in 1889 to the closing of the last New Jersey factory in 2005. Drawn from the unmatched holdings of the Museum, the objects will range from the first pieces given to the Museum in 1911 by Walter Scott Lenox himself, to the most recent gift of the Lenox archives by the Brown-Forman corporation to three New Jersey institutions. [ more information ]

Aug 13, 2008 - Apr 1, 2009

Newark Museum, Newark, NJ

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