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Blue and white square porcelain covered box marked "VANTINE'S/ ORIENTAL/ NAILSTONE/ JAPAN"; yellow and orange paper label w/ inscription, dragon and mountain; top w/ 4 shells at 4 corners; scene on cover w/ mountain and ocean.
boxes (containers)
packaging
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
mountains
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Dragon
Mountain
BOX
Printed label on side of box: ""VANTINE/ ORIENTAL PERFUMES 877-879 BWAY NEW YORK""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
Japan
1 x 2.375 x 2.375 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2280AB
New York state (United States)
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