Object Details
- E.F. Bodley and Company
- Description
- This white ironstone covered vegetable dish was made by E. F. Bodley and Company, of Burslem, Staffordshire, England, and bears the motto of the C.S.S. Alabama, “AIDE TOI ET DIEU T'AIDERA” or "God helps those who help themselves."
- Originally the covered vegetable dish was part of a service intended for the C.S.S. Alabama, but it was ultimately divided amongst other ships in the Confederate Navy. This particular dish came into the possession of Captain Michael Philip Usina, who at that time was a subordinate of Captain Semmes of the C.S.S. Alabama. Due to economic hardship after the war, Captain Usina asked Mr. Willax, a shopkeeper in St. Augustine, Florida, to sell the dish for profit. According to museum records, the dish came into Dr. James Kimball's possession in 1878 as compensation for treatment of Mrs. Willax for yellow or typhoid fever. The dish was handed down from father to son and then made it into the museum's collection in 1959 by way of gift from the late Mr. Samuel Eastman Kimball.
- Credit Line
- Samuel Eastman Kimball
- associated date
- 1861 - 1865
- ID Number
- AF.58709N
- catalog number
- 58709-N
- accession number
- 235044
- Object Name
- dish, vegetable
- Physical Description
- ironstone (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 11 in; 13.97 cm x 26.67 cm x 27.94 cm
- Place Made
- United Kingdom: England, Burslem
- sunk
- France
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Naval History
- related event
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Record ID
- nmah_457578
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-ab87-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
