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Vase

MakerMade by Wannopee Pottery Company American, 1892 - 1903

Date1892-1903

MediumWheel-thrown whiteware with a mottled light brown, dark brown, and green glaze

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 8 1/2 x 7in. (21.6 x 17.8cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionWhiteware vase with a mottled glaze of black, green, and brown, a type of ceramic made by the Wannopee Pottery Company called "Duchess ware". The vase has a round, bulbous body that is about 3 1/2 inches tall, that narrows to a slender vertical neck. The vase has a mottled glaze of black, dark brown, and green over an all-over light brown glaze. There is crazing over all the surfaces of the glaze and one or two scratches around the widest point of the vase.

Object number1988.132.0

MarkingsThere is one mark repeated twice on the bottom of the vase, "WANNOPEE".

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