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Earthenware(?) salt box; white and blue decoration w/ wooden lid; "Salt" painted in black on front; raised bands around middle; blue floral trails also banded around middle; extended back to hang on wall.
salt boxes (containers)
cookware
earthenware
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
tin (metal)
floral patterns
Earthenware
Painted
Tin Glazed
Floral Trail
BOX, SALT
Stamped on bottom: ""G.M.T. & Bro./ Germany./ 3981/1""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
G.M.T. & Bro. (Maker)
Germany
9 x 6.25 x 4.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1026
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