Tureen

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1850-1880

GUSN

GUSN-19762

Description

Stoneware tureen; wheat colored w/ raised fern decoration and bird shaped handle on lid; separate white porcelain liner; bird on lid w/ tied legs and shut eyes; attached tray w/ relief grass decoration. A: Tureen B: Lid C: Liner

Details

Descriptive Terms

tureens
molding (forming)
porcelain
stoneware (pottery)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
ferns
Stoneware
Porcelain
Molded
Bird
Fern
TUREEN

Inscription

Incised on bottom: ""*""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 x 14.5 x 11 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.612A-C

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