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Chamber Pot

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-4088

Description

Mismatched, underglazed, blue transfer-printed chamber pieces; white bodies. .3) covered; faceted globular body with scrolled handle; domed lid; Gothic castle pastoral scene; coral-like meandering leaf border pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chamber pots
figure- and animal-derived motifs
corals (animals)
coral (material)
earthenware
ironstone (pottery)
vitrification
transfer printing
underglazing
castles (fortifications)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
corals (animals)
coral (material)
pastoral
Earthenware
Ironstone
Semi-Vitrified
Transfer Printed
Underglazed
Castle
Blenheim Florentine China
Gothic Revival
Pastoral
Coral
POT, CHAMBER

Pattern

Blenheim Florentine China

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

1977.392.3

Maker

Blenheim Florentine China (Maker)

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

7.375 x 9.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.392.3AB

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