Staffordshire basin w/ pearl glaze over brown and white decoration. Lightly scalloped edge w/ floral diaper pattern. In well of basin are depicted Oriental buildings in background w/ shepherd, shepherdess and antelopes in foreground. Similar diaper on exterior, labeled "G. Phillips/ Parisian" on bottom.
basins (vessels)
earthenware
figure- and animal-derived motifs
antelopes
buildings (structures)
shepherds
Earthenware
Unidentified Building
Shepherd
Shepherdess
Antelope
Parisian
BASIN
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Phillips, George (Maker)
Longport, England, Staffordshire
4.125 x 12.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.503.1
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