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Wine cooler
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Status
Not on view
Date1793-1799
Maker (Vauxhall, England)
Geography Made - England
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 in. × 9 1/8 in. × 8 1/2 in. (24.45 cm × 23.18 cm × 21.59 cm)
Credit LineGift: Jess and Grace Pavey Fund, 2019
Object numberW-2852
DescriptionEnglish earthenware wine cooler. Light gray body with yellow wash and applied, molded decoration, consisting of two bands of foliage below the rim and above the base, and a cluster of grapes on either side, two applied vertical handles below rim band.
Published ReferencesMargaret Brown Klapthor and Howard Alexander Morrison. G. Washington: A Figure Upon the Stage. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982. p. 148.
MarkingsStamped “WAGSTAFF” on underside of base.
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