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Wash Basin by United States Pottery Company
Artist
United States Pottery Company
Date
1849–58
Medium
Mottled brown earthenware
Dimensions
H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); Diam. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm)
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Gallery
774
Location
774
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Herzman, 1983

Description

Overview Wash Basin United States Pottery Company American 1849–58 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774 This basin and its matching basin 1983.206.2 are made of "scroddled" ware, or "lava" ware, as it was called in advertisements in the nineteenth century.