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Vase

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Made: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1884
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (19.7 x 11.4 x 11 cm)
Markings: Transfer-printed on underside in green, "U.P.W." above head of an eagle
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 68.87.39
Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
Image: Overall, 68.87.39.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

Catalogue Description: White porcelain vase; hard paste porcelain with vitreous glaze. Bulbous body tapers at collar to tall, cylindrical neck and flaring lip. Two opposing handles attached to sides of neck, scrolled forms with head of a woman wearing a Phrygian cap at the top of each handle.

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