Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: pear shaped bottle
Object name
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: pear shaped bottle
Date
1770-1785
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Description
Pear-shaped bottle with squared footrim with slender narrowing neck, with bulge near top; bulge is bracketed by a wide geometric designed border above and a narrower one below; body is printed with flower sprays, pine cones, berries, and two butterflies, the "Pine Cone" pattern; mark in the form of a hatched crescent.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis