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Inkwell

Culture: American
Medium: Stoneware
Place Made: South Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Dates: 1882
Dimensions: 3 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (7.9 x 9.2 x 8.9 cm)
Markings: Inscribed on underside: "Anna Pottery / 1882"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 44.1.35
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur W. Clement
Image: Overall, 44.1.35.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Gray-colored stoneware inkwell molded into form of a frog perched on a half shell, with a hole in the front of the shell; vitreous glaze; painted with blue accents. Condition: Good; tiny chip in frog's nose.

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