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ca. 1880-1885
GUSN-8536
Miniature earthenware urn; Classical-style baluster form with two scroll handles; shoulder, neck, collar and handles covered with dark brown glaze, the bottom half and interior unglazed light-colored clay.
miniatures (toys)
urns
toys (recreational artifacts)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
lead glaze
throwing (pottery technique)
childhood
toys (recreational artifacts)
Thrown
Childhood
Earthenware
Lead Glazed
Urn
Handwritten paper label (NFL) on bottom underside: ""John/Clark/Mill-/ville"".
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Clark, John (Maker)
Concord, NH, USA
2 1/4 x 1 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.751
New Hampshire (United States)
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