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Caster

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1840

GUSN

GUSN-38995

Description

Pearlware caster with thimble-shaped, perforated top. Incised band around body is hand-painted green. Green, hand-painted star on top. Chip missing from base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

casters (vessels)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
pearlware
incising
perforating
hand-painted
Vessel, Condiment
Caster
Earthenware
Caster

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

4 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Anne Bartlett Tubbs

Accession Number

1937.295

Places

Norridgewock (Somerset county, Maine)
Probably

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