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White porcelain dish w/ scene of deer looking at hunters; "SOUVENIR, WISCASSET, MAINE"; picture titled "Surprise"; dish has gilded band around edge and center; deer at a stream at the edge of woods.
dishes (vessels)
porcelain
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
ironstone (pottery)
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
deers
hunting
hunters (people)
pastoral
souvenirs
Torah
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Deer
Huntsmen
Souvenir
Hunting
Pastoral
DISH
On bottom: ""SEMIPORCELAIN/ H Co"" [w/ cross-bow and arrow]--see worksheet for drawing. The mark was only used before 1900.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Harker Pottery (Maker)
OH, USA
6.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1461
Ohio (United States)
Maine (United States)
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