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Urn or Pot

Maker: Solomon Bell, 1817-1882
Medium: Earthenware
Place Made: Strasburg, Virginia, USA
Dates: ca. 1880
Dimensions: 15 x 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (38.1 x 31.8 x 26.7 cm) Diameter of mouth: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 44.196.13
Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 44.196.13.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Unglazed, light red earthenware urn or flower pot; flaring mouth with double notched lip. Lion Mark in relief on each side, unglazed with slip design on sides in brown, green, and yellow. One of a pair with 44.196.14. CONDITION: One of the pair is nicked on the base.

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