White granite 3-part soap dish; pink and gold floral branches around body and cover; teal band around neck of dish; gilded band around rims and base; cover w/ foliated square handle. A= dish B= flat strainer inside C= cover
soap dishes
glazing (coating)
ironstone (pottery)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
floral patterns
Ironstone
Painted
Tin Glazed
Sprig
DISH, SOAP
Stamped on bottom: ""MERCER/ WARRANTED/ CHINA""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Mercer Pottery Co. (Maker)
Trenton, NJ, USA
3.75 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5685A-C
New Jersey (United States)
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