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Maker(s):Norman Pottery
Culture:American (1911-2005)
Title:duck
Date Made:1945-1955
Type:Sculpture
Materials:ceramic: white earthenware, polychrome overglaze enamels
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Deerfield
Measurements:overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 12.065 cm x 5.3975 cm
Accession Number:  HD 87.003
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Carl Swanson
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Ceramic duck painted in white, black, browns, and tan, which is inscribed on the bottom "WOOD DUCK / NORMAN "CERAMIC" / DEERFIELD." This object was made by Edward "Ted" Norman, who worked as an arts and crafts potter at the Bloody Brook Tavern in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in the 1933 - 1955. A collection of his ceramic birds are also in the collection of the Atwood House Museum in Chatham, Massachusetts.

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