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1900-1930
GUSN-25218
Buff-colored clay body w/ cream-colored slip on exterior and white slip on interior. Colorless glaze overall. Tumbler form is a slightly tapered cylinder w/ molded circular foot. Wide circular mouth. Polychrome transfer printed decoration featuring elves in grapevine drinking ale. Printed mark (depiction of angel and cartouche), "Villeroy & Boch/ Mettlach/ Made in Germany/ 1032/ Geschutz." .1) Three elves
tumblers (drinking glasses)
earthenware
figure- and animal-derived motifs
vine scrolls
Earthenware
Elf
Vine
TUMBLER
See description.
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Villeroy & Boch (Maker)
Dresden, Germany
5 x 3 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.259.1
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