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Coaster

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1900

GUSN

GUSN-11075

Description

Toleware coaster tray; round with uneven and reticulated rim, the allover black ground is showing traces fo original flowerleaf decoration in red, green, and blue (was fitted later with staw coaster liner)

Details

Descriptive Terms

coasters (containers)
lacquering
painting (coating)
stamping (forming)
tin (metal)
Tin
Stamped
Lacquered
Painted
COASTER

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.425

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