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Porcelain footed bowl w/ blue and white decoration; fluted w/ 3 feet at bottom; blue floral banded rim; blue and white flying turkey at center w/ flowers on interior and exterior of bowl.
bowls (vessels)
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
floral patterns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
turkey (genus)
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Floral Trail
Turkey
Flying Turkey
BOWL
Painted on bottom: [Japanese symbols]
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
England; Japan
2.75 (H), 5.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.596
New York state (United States)
Possibly
Possibly
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