Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Soap dish w/cork and insert
Object Number:
1942.649jkl
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Semi-porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 in. ( 12.7 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: in brown on base: "Royal Semi-Porcelain/(crown)/Johnson Bros./England"
Description:
Molded whiteware three piece soap dish with handles with appendages in low relief and decorated with printed floral decals in brown and hand-painted violet, blue, pink, yellow with feathered golden edges and painted stylized leaves and geometric motifs near the appendages.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, these pieces are semi-porcelain.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
