Ceramic plate commemorating the Centennial of the 16th Street Baptist Church

Kettlesprings Kilns, American, founded 1950 · 1973

A commemorative ceramic plate featuring an image of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The plate has a cream colored background with a dark green transfer pattern that depicts the 16th Street Baptist Church in a central roundel. Over the top of the image is text within a banner that reads “1873 Centennial 1973." At the bottom is a banner with text that reads "Sixteenth Street Baptist Church/ Birmingham, Alabama." Around the plate's edge is wide border, also in dark green. The border consists of closely spaced radiating striations under a fruit and floral motif. There are three small roundels placed around the border. One depicts a cross, one an open book, and the bottom depicts a goblet and plate and bread. On the bottom of the plate is text in green that reads "SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH / Birmingham, Alabama / CENTENNIAL / 1873-1973 / Kettlesprings / Kilns / Alliance, Ohio / 2290-S."