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Candy Dish

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1915-1940

GUSN

GUSN-50658

Description

A small porcelain candy dish, molded with a scalloped rim and with a gilded edge. It has a central design in black depicting the Old South Church in Newburyport, MA.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bonbon dishes
gilding
hard paste porcelain
molding (forming)
porcelain
transfer printing
churches (buildings)
Colonial Revival
Porcelain
Transfer Printed
Molded
Gilded
Church
Colonial Revival
DISH, CANDY

Inscription

Transfer printed on the underside of the foot is: Made in Germany/Edward Osgood/Newburyport, Mass.

Associated Building

Subject Old South Church,

People and Organizations

Old South Church

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Germany

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.95.1

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