Ginger jar

Item Information

Title:
Ginger jar
Description:
White body with blue-grey tinted glaze. Squat round body tapering to wide circular bottom with canted foot ring. Circular mouth canted inward with ring to receive cover. Deep grey, broadly executed underglaze scene. Diagonal line border at shoulder.
Date:
1863–1933
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
porcelain (material)
glazing (coating process)
tin (metal)
ginger jars
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Chinese export (ceramics style)
Porcelain
Tin Glazed
Chinese Export
Places:
Maine > York (county) > South Berwick
Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.)
Extent:
6 in. x 6.625 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/7752
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Accession #:
1949.597
Identifier:
7752