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Vase

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1884
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (19.7 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)
Markings: Printed on base in green: "U.P.W." above head of an eagle
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 68.87.42
Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
Image: Overall, 68.87.42.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: White porcelain vase; vitreous glaze with blue decoration. Bulbous body tapers at collar to tall, cylindrical neck and flaring lip. Decoration: body is blue; single and wavy lines around collar; band around lip on exterior, below this band, hanging band of stylized lozenge and diamond forms around neck. Condition: Good.

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