Heart-shaped box with olive-green clay body; two white pate-sur-pate applied putti on lid, each holding cornucopia which meet in center enclosing a pierced heart; base has pate-sur-pate floral sprigs; base has indented flanged mouth receiving slightly domed cover with straight sides.
boxes (containers)
stoneware (pottery)
black basaltes
pâte-sur-pâte
hearts (motifs)
putti (motifs)
Stoneware
Heart
Putti
Cornucopia
Pate-Sur-Pate
BOX, TRINKET
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
1.375 x 3.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1343AB
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