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Stoneware tureen; wheat colored w/ raised fern decoration and bird shaped handle on lid; separate white porcelain liner; bird on lid w/ tied legs and shut eyes; attached tray w/ relief grass decoration. A: Tureen B: Lid C: Liner
tureens
molding (forming)
porcelain
stoneware (pottery)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
ferns
Stoneware
Porcelain
Molded
Bird
Fern
TUREEN
Incised on bottom: ""*""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
8 x 14.5 x 11 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.612A-C
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