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1840-1860
GUSN-23773
Small 2-part soap dish w/ scrolled foliate design around center dish and red, green, pink, and gold floral branches around body.
soap dishes
earthenware
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
floral patterns
Earthenware
Painted
Tin Glazed
Sprig
Floral
DISH, SOAP
Impressed on bottom of large dish (.1ab): ""DAVENPORT"" [w/ anchor symbol] This mark was used 1800-1860. Stamped on bottom of large dish (.1ab): [floral wreath w/ ""FLORAL"" inside and ""DAVENPORT"" underneath]
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
W. Davenport & Company (Maker)
Longport, England, Staffordshire
2 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5686.2AB
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