Container in the shape of a pear

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Title

Container in the shape of a pear

Place

Staffordshire (Object made in)

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Made 1760–1770

Medium

Lead-glazed earthenware (creamware)

Dimensions

9.3 × 6.4 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Harry A. Root, Jr. in memory of Curtis Chapin Palmer

Reference Number

2012.1056a-b

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