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Potpourri Jar with Lid
- Maker: Ott and Brewer, 1871-1893
- Medium: Porcelain
- Place Manufactured: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
- Dates: ca. 1885
- Dimensions: 8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (20.3 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm)
- Markings: no marks
- Signature: no signature
- Inscriptions: no inscriptions
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Expanding Horizons, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 84.176.6a-b
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lewis
- Image: Overall, 84.176.6a-b_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Potpourri jar (a) with lid (b), copper-glazed porcelain. Jar is spherical form with everted rim, four reticulated feet and two reticulated handles. Decoration consists of random clusters of acid-etched spheres outlined with gold and containing leaf and flower motifs painted in gold leaf, pink, blue, yellow, gray and white. Lid is encircled by a narrow reticulated band and has a pointed finial. CONDITION: Finial of cover broken and restored; otherwise good.
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