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Waste Bowl

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1870-1880

GUSN

GUSN-15636

Description

White porcelain hand-painted waste bowl with a green band and gold dots, gold arabesque border and gold band around foot. Part of twenty-one piece set.

Details

Descriptive Terms

slop bowls
gilding
hand-painted
porcelain
Container, Food Waste
Bowl, Waste
Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Bowl, Waste

Inscription

"RICHARD BRIGGS/ BOSTON" in oval. (Printed in brown)

Maker

Briggs, Richard (Retailer)

Dimensions

2 7/8 (H), 6 1/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Edwin B. Sears

Accession Number

1987.269.2

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