Castle shaped jardinière. Stone colored earthenware castle with two turrets flanking a crenelated wall with a steepled clock tower at its center. The steeple is removable, and when removed uncovers a square internal platform pierced with small holes.
jardinières (containers)
earthenware
Jardiniere
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
England
21 1/4 x 14 x 8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.2854AB
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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