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Vase

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-40391

Description

Slim Grecian style urn with loop handle. Urn shaped body tapers to a circular base. One of identical pair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vases
parian (porcelain)
Vase

Inscription

"SAML ALCOCK & CO" (Stamped marked of a crowned lion and unicorn flanking a crowned crest over a banner with the Latin text DIEU MCM DROIT)

Additional Identification Number

1940.29A

Maker

Samuel Alcock & Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Burslem, England

Dimensions

8 3/4 (H), 3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Frothingham Hooper

Accession Number

1940.29.1

Places

Burslem (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)

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