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Jug with flat base, two flattened sides, short neck, narrow lip, and applied C-shaped handle; Exterior decoration of black birds against a green sky and black bamboo.
ewers (vessels)
bamboo (material)
ceramic (material)
bamboo (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
Unidentified Ceramic
Bird
Bamboo
PITCHER
Marks: impressed anchor extremely rare Rookwood mark, impressed, ""ROOKWOOD/1882/R"" (""R"" signifies a red clay body); impressed ""60""; incised ""A.R.V."" for potter.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Rookwood Pottery (Maker)
Cincinnati, OH, USA
4.75 (H), 1.875 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.827
Ohio (United States)
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