Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Statuettes - lions (2)
Object Number:
1952.242a
Date:
1849-1858
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 10 7/8 x 6 in. ( 23.5 x 27.6 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on underside of base: "Lyman Fenton & Co./Fentons/ENAMEL/PATENTED./1849/BENNINGTON Vt"
Description:
One of a pair of yellowware lions with mottled brown glaze (Rockingham) on rectangular bases; both have applied and extruded "coleslaw" mane; (a) has tongue up, (b) has no tongue.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
