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Vegetable dish

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1890

GUSN

GUSN-18885

Description

Two-handled covered ironstone vegetable dish; acorn finial atop cover.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vegetable dishes
ironstone (pottery)
molding (forming)
Ironstone
Molded
DISH, VEGETABLE

Inscription

Stamped on bottom: ""IRONSTONE CHINA/ J. & G. MEAKIN"" [w/ Royal Arms]

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Meakin, James & George, 1851 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Hanley, England

Dimensions

7.375 x 10.75 (HxW), 8.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1075AB

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