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Oval japanned tray w/ deep well and reinforced rim. Pierced oval handle at each end. Black background w/ gilt or bronze powder stenciling and striping. Central oval painted picture of thatched cottage in right background and man and woman in left foreground. Stenciled freehand border of grapes and grape leaves.
trays
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
varnishing
cottages
vine scrolls
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
women (female humans)
Tin
Painted
Varnished
Cottage
Man
Woman
Leaf
TRAY, SERVING
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
28.125 x 22.125 x 1.875 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.234
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