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Tapered cylindrical porcelain pitcher with triangular spout and oval shaped handle. Polychrome decoration of men, woman, and children wearing traditional Dutch cosume and clogs. The woman is watching the children and the men are smoking cigars. Painted green line decoration on handle and rim.
pitchers (vessels)
porcelain
Pitcher
"SEMI/VITREOUS/EDWIN M. KNOWLES/CHINA CO. 92" (The words 'semi vitreous' are printed on the side of a vase. The company name is printed under the vase, blue ink)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Edwin M. Knowles China Company (Manufacturer)
Chester, West Virginia
6 1/8 (H), 4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1707
West Virginia (United States)
Chester (Hancock county, West Virginia)
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