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Artist/Maker

Two-handled bowl

1814-1830
Place madeEngland, Europe
Earthenware
Overall: 9 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 43.8 x 29.2 cm )
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection
1961.337
DescriptionPearlware soup tureen, oval panelled body with molded loop handles with scrolled brackets; blue underglaze at top of handles and brackets; dark brown blue transfer printed rose-on-leaf border around foot and interior lip; view of building (Boston almshouse) with three figures in foreground repeated twice on body.
MarkingsPrinted beneath base: "BEAUTIES OF AMERICA / ALMS HOUSE / BOSTON / J & W RIDGWAY"
ClassificationsCERAMICS