Cream-colored body with induced crackle glaze. Curvilinear base has round base swelling to shoulders; tapers to rounded lip ring. Exterior has overall "wu-chin" or "mirror black" glaze; interior cream-colored.
vases
crackling
earthenware
faience (earthenware)
glazing (coating)
tin (metal)
Satsuma
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Crackled
Satsuma
Faience
VASE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
8.625 (H), 3.063 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.328
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