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Shallow bowl with sloped sides and flat bottom. Painted decoration with center scene of a man in a yellow robe looking at three distant crosses with inscription in French. Three leaved yellow flower decoration around rim. White glaze on side and bottom not evenly applied before firing.
bowls (vessels)
clay
Bowl
"Je jure de/maintenir de/tout mon/pouvoir/la Constitution/1934" (I swear to maintain with all my power the Constitution. Painted text.)
Butterfly shaped mark (Butterfly mark used by Nannie Borden Phillips)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)
1 1/2 (H), 8 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2246
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