Coin Bank

Staffordshire

About 1755 - 1760

Titles Coin Bank (Descriptive)
Artist Staffordshire, England
Medium tin-glazed earthenware
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Beeson, 1979.197
Object Name coin bank
Classification Containers

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Rectangular blue jasper plaque with white relief scene of Sacrifice to Ceres

Obverse: Pair of cherubs blowing bubbles. Reverse with inscription.

Large, oblong vase of heavy, beige glazed stoneware, the sides are rounded and the opening at the top is narrow, each end of the vase is decorated in an abstract, semi-geometric pattern in shades of gray, white, rust, black, and beige, the central body is decorated on each side with a broad stripe of mottled, almost metallic, gray glaze.

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