Ovoid quimper; decorative dish w/ 2 raised grotesques at sides and scalloped reticulated lip; blue interior w/ yellow banded rim; white exterior w/ multi-colored picture of nude woman w/ snake-like arms, headdress and finned feet; 4 feet at bottom of quimper.
dishes (vessels)
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
grotesques
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Grotesque
Woman
DISH
Painted on bottom: ""Ginor"" [w/ simple crown]/ 848-062"" This mark used 1842-1860.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Societa Ceramica Richard (Maker)
Milan, Italy
3.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.631
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