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Trivet

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-181324

Description

Round ceramic trivet. Tan colored base with an abstract design in relief and glazed in blue. The design is of a flower with three petals emerging from some swirls suggestive of water. There is a blue band around the oter edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

trivets
ceramic (material)
Trivet

Inscription

no text (A potters mark - a symbol, could be a character from an eastern language, inside a five sided box.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1/2 (H), 5 7/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1528

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