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Elongated rectanguloid body with molded ridges inside bottom; conforming lid with knop finial; white clay body with polychrome transfer print pattern of classical Grecian mythical figures; pink border band at lip; brown, orange and black bands at foot, lip and handle.
toothbrush holders
earthenware
ironstone (pottery)
vitrification
transfer printing
Greek (ancient)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
figures (representations)
Ironstone
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
Grecian
Transfer Printed
Classical Figure
HOLDER, TOOTHBRUSH
Impressed mark: ""Copeland & Sons""
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
W. T. Copeland & Sons (Maker)
Stoke-on-Trent, England; Stoke, England, Stafforshire
3.5 x 9.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.721.5
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