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Mug

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1887-1916

GUSN

GUSN-173180

Description

Three handled porcelain mug with white body and painted polychrome decoration comprising of the Harvard shield and two quotes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
porcelain
colleges (buildings)
Mug

Inscription

"EMBLEMATIC / T / ENGLAND" (printed)
"W.H.GOSS" (Under a hawk with splayed wings.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD119

Maker

W.H. Goss

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 4 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1861

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