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White clay body w/ transparent glaze. Elongated form. Molded beading along edge w/ shallow well and molded vine decoration. Molded squared handles representing branches w/ fox head motif, referring to Aesop's fable of the fox and grapes. Marked, "(ribbon) Thomas Furnival & Sons/ (shield) (lion) (crown)/ Trademark/ ENGLAND."
dishes (vessels)
ironstone (pottery)
fables
figure- and animal-derived motifs
foxes (animals)
vine scrolls
Ironstone
Aesop's Fables
Fox
Vine
Literature
DISH, SERVING
See description.
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Thomas Furnival & Sons (Maker)
Cobridge, England, Staffordshire
10 (W) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.162
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