Box with Cover

About 1780

  • Titles Box with Cover (Descriptive)
  • Medium enamel
  • Dimensions 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection, 1991.385
  • Work Type box
  • Classification Containers

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Heavy mug with cylindrical, slightly waisted form that flares out to a ridge and then tapers towards the base. The mug's exterior is glazed brown and the exterior ridges appear white. The mug has thin horizontal, impressed lines circling the form. The interior is glazed green and also has imprinted, thin lines.