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Object Number
993-24-20/27490
Display Title
Ceramic majolica lidded + handled jar
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic majolica lidded + handled jar, broken + repaired (missing sherd) jar: height 11 cm width 14 cm
lid: diameter 9 cm height 6.5 signed A.
Inventory Description
Jar with lid, ring base, rounded sides, straight neck, 2 gathered handle
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Artist
Gorky Gonzales Quinones
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Guanajuato
/
<County>
/
Guanajuato
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 15.3 x 12 x 14 cm (6 x 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
993-24-20/27490a; 993-24-20/27490b; A / GTO
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
Collector
Alice B. Melvin
(August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(August 16, 1993)
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