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Bowl

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1880
Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 6 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (5.7 x 16.2 x 16.2 cm)
Markings: On underside: -- transfer-printed in yellow, "[within urn] UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." and below urn "2-36" -- transfer-printed in green: unrecognizable mark above "PAT. APL. FOR" -- transfer-printed in black: "PAT. APL. FOR"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 54.73
Credit Line: Museum Purchase Fund
Image: Overall, 54.73.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: White porcelain bowl or base of vase, round with straight sides. Transfer print decoration, flowering branches on one side, birds and foliage on the other. Color added to both. Black linear border around bottom. CONDITION: Minor defects inside.

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