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Object Number 993-24-20/27403
Display Title Polychrome glazed dinosaur candlestick
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic polychrome glazed dinosaur candlestick, with two wire attached birds. stamped "made in mexico"
Inventory Description Ceramic candlestick, moulded, incised, dinosaur on oval platform with 2 moulded
Classification
  • Art 3-D
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Puebla / <County> / Izucar de Matamoros
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 19.7 x 6.4 cm (4 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27403; Made in / Mexico
Credit Line Gift of Alice B. Melvin, in celebration of donor's father and mother, Professor A. Gordon Melvin and Lorna Strong Melvin, donor's sister, Mary Melvin Petronella, family friend, Luis Hererra Garcia, friend, Richard Paul Baydin, and donor's cats, Miss Amiga, Sir Minky, and Pyewacket
Provenance
Dealer Concord Depot (1990)
Collector Alice B. Melvin (1990 - August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (1990 - August 16, 1993)

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