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Vase

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-193869

Description

Ceramic vase; narrow bottom sloping out to bulbous middle section, straight sides to rim. Black painted glaze and simple line decoration incised around rim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vases
clay
ceramic (material)
earthenware
ceramic glaze
Vase

Inscription

"1/50" (Small circular paper label with numbers written in black ink)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1750

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