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Miniature Saucer

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1825

GUSN

GUSN-9031

Description

Pearlware saucer (B) with polychrome ribbon and vine decoration; underglaze blue and enamel overglaze, Wedgwood-type.

Details

Descriptive Terms

saucers (plates)
miniatures (toys)
overglazing
pearlware
underglazing
Neoclassical
vines
Pearlware
Overglazed
Underglazed
Neoclassical
Ribbon
Vine
SAUCER

Inscription

Maker's/decorator's mark painted on underside of saucer (B): letter ""l"" in script.

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.180.1

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.180.8B

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