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Ginger jar

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1834-1867

GUSN

GUSN-7744

Description

Bulbous with circular flat bottom and circular mouth cleaned to receive cover. Underglaze blue (pale to almost gray) landscape very broadly painted.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ginger jars
porcelain
glazing (coating)
tin (metal)
Chinese export
Orientalism
Porcelain
Tin Glazed
Chinese Export
Orientalism
JAR, GINGER

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 x 6 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.437

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