Collections Database

Description:
French tin-glazed earthenware or faience bough pot for holding small branches or flowers; the pot is shaped like a bundle of wheat sheaves which are grasped in the middle by a central band; the top of the pot is solid with several pierced holes and a larger hole in the rear, the back rim is pierced twice for securing onto the wall, the back side is flat for placing against a wall. Decorated with polychrome flowers.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); polychrome

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+54.009

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