Stamp Box

MakerAttributed to The Hartford Faience Co. (founded 1895)

Original OwnerOriginally owned by George Douglas Rankin Sr. (American)

Dateabout 1935

MediumMold-formed porcelain with a pink glaze

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 2 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/2in. (5.1 x 7.9 x 6.4cm)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineGift of Margaret Rankin

Object number1986.160.29

DescriptionOval, porcelain stamp box with a pink glaze. The stamp box has an oval-shaped foot, vertical sides, and a slightly domed top with a slit running the length of the box. The sides and top are decorated with pink glaze, while the bottom of the box is not. The bottom has a circular cut-out which may have been moveable at one time. There are a few spots of a pink substance, perhaps glaze, visible between the foot and the circular cut out. There is one small spot, at one end of the top of the stamp box, where the glaze did not adhere to the porcelain.

NotesHistorical Note: George Douglas Rankin, the donor's father, was the President of the Hartford Faience Company in Hartford, Connecticut.

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