Leaf-shaped desk; fluted body; ring foot; interior has freehand painted vari-colored floral sprays, and a gilt border.
pickle casters
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
porcelain
floral patterns
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Porcelain
Painted
Leaf
Spray
DISH, RELISH
There is marked ""X / H"" in underglaze blue on the remanant of a paper label on two dishes. A note in ink is on the stack of dishes stated: DRESDEN-GERMAN/1869 .
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Germany
3.625 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.973.1-8
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