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Vase

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1930

GUSN

GUSN-191346

Description

Ovoid shaped earthenware vase with two open handles that emerge from the body and join to the rim on either side of the narrow flared neck, six rectangular openings around rim. The body is glazed a dark blue with patches of green and brown and stylized yellow daffodils.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vases
earthenware
Moravian
Vase

Inscription

"Old Moravian / Pottery / [ilegible] / Made in Austria" (Glaze mark in brown)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10 (H), 6 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1944

Places

Austria

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