English: Martinsville Sanitarium commemorative coaster

Category: Tools & equipment for materials; Food service tools & equipment Object Name: Coaster Maker: Jonroth Studios Place Made: Germany Date Made: 1900-1920 Materials: Ceramic Keyword: Commemorative Measurements: Height: 0.75"; diameter: 4 1/8" Item Count: 1 Style/Title: Martinsville Sanitarium commemorative coaster 71.988.081.0172_View1.jpg

Porcelain Martinsville Sanitarium commemorative coaster features a shallow body with a center design, a sloped gold-trimmed rim, a short foot, a gold maker's mark with an artist palette design that reads, "Hand Painted; The Jonroth Studios; Germany," and a gray mark that reads, "Designed and Imported for [indecipherable] 5 & 10 cent store, Martinsville, Ind." The multi-colored design features an illustration of a long white building with a blue roof and multiple wings, with green landscaping, trees, and a road in the foreground and a blue, yellow, and pink sky in the background. The words, "Martinsville Sanitarium, Martinsville, Ind." are printed below.

Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany. Collected and bequeathed to the Indiana State Museum through the Alice Scott Berkman Estate. No individual provenance found in donor file.