Earthenware cylindrical crock. Cream colored base with black glaze writing.
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"GRAND MEDAL OF MERIT VIENNA 1873 / JAMES KEILLER & SON'S / DUNDEE MARMALADE / ONLY PRIZE MEDAL FOR MARMALADE / LONDON, 1862 / CONTENTS, 1 lb. NET." (Black glaze, with a wreath)
"POT MADE / IN / ENGLAND" (Black glaze mark on underside, "England" is not clear)
"FMF" (Incised into underside, first "F" is reversed, verticle portions of "F"s share verticle portion of either end of the "M")
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
James Keiller & Son Ltd. (Retailer)
4 1/2 (H), 3 1/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2865
Dundee (Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom)
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