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Garden Planter

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-222143

Description

Round terracotta garden planter with molded fruit swags, fleur-de-lys and lion's head decoration. Made by molded elements applied with a terra cotta slip.

Details

Descriptive Terms

planters (containers)
terracotta (clay material)
fleur-de-lis (motifs)
lion-head spouts
Italianate (North American architecture styles )
Planter, Garden

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24 3/8 (H), 15 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.19002.1

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