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Description:
Cylindrical-shaped, pearlware pounce pot. The upper half of the pot is slightly swelled, half rouletted with four bands of stylized leafage divided by two bands of miniscule honeycomb patterning, the mid section with a band of molded beadwork repeated around the rim and footrim, the swelling lower half painted in blue, yellow, green, and brown with a continuous flowering vine, along with the painted initials "EFB", and the slightly concave top pierced with dots forming a sunburst design. The pot is in excellent condition, with the exception of a small chip on the base of the pot.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+2019.62.4

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