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Toby

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1849-1858

GUSN

GUSN-53211

Description

Toby jar (missing hat) in yellow and brown mottled glaze and squat seated man w/ jug in one hand and glass in other.

Details

Descriptive Terms

snuff bottles
glaze
enamel (fused coating)
stoneware (pottery)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
Stoneware
Flint Enamel Glaze
Man
JAR, SNUFF

Inscription

Impressed on bottom: [Lyman Fenton 1849 mark]-- barley visible.

Maker

Lyman Fenton & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Bennington, VT, USA

Dimensions

3 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mis Mary Manning Brooks

Accession Number

1942.895

Places

Vermont (United States)

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