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Book-form
18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Book-shaped flask with short circular neck and mouth at top, near "spine”; the whole decorated in brown glaze on a white ground, depicting book elements: front "cover" decorated with brown floral and tassel motif; "spine” with horizontal bands of brown and white; the top with brown lines denoting "pages."
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Details
- Title: Book-form
- Date Created: 18th century
- Location Created: Switzerland
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Painted and glazed earthenware
- Credit line: Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection
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