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1879 A
GUSN-6606
Brown and white small floral on branch pattern, with induced glaze. .3AB) Round soap dish with quatrefoil-shaped cover; applied vine and leaf handle.
soap dishes
earthenware
ironstone (pottery)
vitrification
foliation (pattern)
floral patterns
quatrefoils
Earthenware
Ironstone
Semi-Vitrified
Floral
Branch
Quatrefoil
DISH, SOAP
Maker's marks on bottom of pitcher: a man within a circle with ""MUME"" above and ""1790/B.C. & W./Late Mayers"" below; also registry mark and ""Ivory"" stamped.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
3 (H), 5.375 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1376.3AB
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