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Vase

Culture: American
Maker: Charles Volkmar, American, 1841-1914
Medium: Earthenware
Place Made: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1881
Dimensions: Height: 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm.); Diameter of base: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 44.31.2
Credit Line: Gift of Leon Volkmar
Image: Group, 44.31.3_44.31.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: One of pair (with 44.31.3) of red earthenware vases decorated with underglaze slip painting. Slip was made of ground porcelain acquired from the Union Porcelain Co. Vase has a pastoral view of cows and trees on one side; the other side mottled in blue and brown, two vertical handles.

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