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Compote

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1874

GUSN

GUSN-60983

Description

Pink, yellow, and white compote shaped like a nautilus shell on an oval base. One of a pair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

compotes
pearlware
Bowl, Serving
Compote
Compote

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Possibly Wedgwood (Maker)

Location of Origin

Etruria, England

Dimensions

8 1/2 x 11 x 6 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.1866.2

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