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Grey earthenware vase from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

early 20th-late 20th century

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A grey, glazed earthenware vase with hand painted dark gray markings. The vase is squat and rounded. It has a band of alternating diagonal lines at the shoulder, and an abstract design on the body. The lip is small and tapers inwards to the opening. There is a small hole in the center of the body. On the bottom is a handwritten initial [W.].

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2011.12.44

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