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Vase

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1932

GUSN

GUSN-221674

Description

Ceramic vase with sloped sides and flared rim. Dark red and purple exterior glaze. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark on bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vases
ceramic (material)
Vase

Inscription

"Butterfly shaped mark '32" (Small head with one antennae, fish shaped body, triangular wings)
"Phillips/Value 10-" (Handwritten in blue ink on white paper)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)

Dimensions

3 1/2 (H), 6 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1670

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