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Basket-shaped Vase

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1935-1940

GUSN

GUSN-48789

Description

Cobalt blue stoneware vase in basket form.

Details

Descriptive Terms

baskets (containers)
glazing (coating)
stoneware (pottery)
art pottery
Vase
Vase

Inscription

"DORCHESTER POTTERY WORKS Established 1895 / (man at potter's wheel and "THE ONLY STONEWARE POTTERY IN NEW ENGLAND" (Printed green and gold adhesive tag)

Maker

Dorchester Pottery Works (Maker)
Turner, N. P. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Dorchester, MA, USA; MA, USA

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

1973.6

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Related Items

Title Vase Accession Number 1973.5

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