1840
GUSN-23762
Ceramic wash basin w/ green and red banding around rim and red band around interior and around tapered base.
basins (vessels)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Earthenware
Painted
Tin Glazed
BASIN
Impressed stamp on bottom: ""DAVENPORT/ 40"" [w/ anchor and illegible inscription underneath] This mark was used ca.1800-ca.1860. The ""40"" stands for 1840. Impressed stamp on bottom: ""11-74/ 4""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
W. Davenport & Company (Maker)
Longport, England, Staffordshire
4.75 (H), 14.75 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5680
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