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  • Apothecary Jar

    Apothecary Jar

    Date: 1730–40
    Accession Number: 38.165.24

  • Apothecary Jar

    Apothecary Jar

    Date: 1730–40
    Accession Number: 38.165.25

  • Figure of a Baby in a Cradle Holding a Kitten

    Figure of a Baby in a Cradle Holding a Kitten

    Date: 1830–70
    Accession Number: 47.90.159

  • Baking Dish

    Baking Dish

    Date: 1800–1830
    Accession Number: 34.100.222

  • Basin

    Basin

    Date: 1860–1900
    Accession Number: 34.100.224

  • Basin

    Basin

    Lyman, Fenton & Co. (1849–52)

    Date: 1849–58
    Accession Number: 18.95.5

  • Basin

    Basin

    Lyman, Fenton & Co. (1849–52)

    Date: ca. 1849–58
    Accession Number: 1973.343.1

  • Basin

    Basin

    United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: ca. 1849–58
    Accession Number: 18.82.1

  • Oil Cruet

    Oil Cruet

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: 20.109.14

  • Beaker

    Beaker

    Date: 1830–70
    Accession Number: 14.11.25

  • Covered Bean Pot

    Covered Bean Pot

    Lyman, Fenton & Co. (1849–52)

    Date: 1849–58
    Accession Number: 14.11.7

  • Bear figure and spill holder

    Bear figure and spill holder

    Possibly Parker Pottery

    Date: ca. 1850–75
    Accession Number: 1980.357

  • Bust of Benjamin Franklin

    Bust of Benjamin Franklin

    Designed by Isaac Broome (1835–1922)

    Date: 1876
    Accession Number: 83.2.252

  • Bird Figure

    Bird Figure

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: 14.36.4

  • Figure of a Bird

    Figure of a Bird

    United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: 1852–58
    Accession Number: 47.90.130

  • Flask

    Flask

    Probably United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: ca. 1853–58
    Accession Number: 14.11.3

  • Book flask

    Book flask

    United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: ca. 1849–58
    Accession Number: 40.150.310

  • Book flask

    Book flask

    United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: 1849
    Accession Number: 1984.395.12

  • Border Tile

    Border Tile

    J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (1877–1907)

    Date: ca. 1881
    Accession Number: 1970.100.7

  • Border Tile

    Border Tile

    J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (1877–1907)

    Date: 1881–84
    Accession Number: 1970.100.8

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  • Apothecary Jar
    Apothecary Jar

    Date: 1730–40
    Accession Number: 38.165.24

  • Apothecary Jar
    Apothecary Jar

    Date: 1730–40
    Accession Number: 38.165.25

  • Figure of a Baby in a Cradle Holding a Kitten
    Figure of a Baby in a Cradle Holding a Kitten

    Date: 1830–70
    Accession Number: 47.90.159

  • Baking Dish
    Baking Dish

    Date: 1800–1830
    Accession Number: 34.100.222

  • Basin
    Basin

    Date: 1860–1900
    Accession Number: 34.100.224

  • Basin
    Basin

    Lyman, Fenton & Co. (1849–52)

    Date: 1849–58
    Accession Number: 18.95.5

  • Basin
    Basin

    Lyman, Fenton & Co. (1849–52)

    Date: ca. 1849–58
    Accession Number: 1973.343.1

  • Basin
    Basin

    United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: ca. 1849–58
    Accession Number: 18.82.1

  • Oil Cruet
    Oil Cruet

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: 20.109.14

  • Beaker
    Beaker

    Date: 1830–70
    Accession Number: 14.11.25

  • Covered Bean Pot
    Covered Bean Pot

    Lyman, Fenton & Co. (1849–52)

    Date: 1849–58
    Accession Number: 14.11.7

  • Bear figure and spill holder
    Bear figure and spill holder

    Possibly Parker Pottery

    Date: ca. 1850–75
    Accession Number: 1980.357

  • Bust of Benjamin Franklin
    Bust of Benjamin Franklin

    Designed by Isaac Broome (1835–1922)

    Date: 1876
    Accession Number: 83.2.252

  • Bird Figure
    Bird Figure

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: 14.36.4

  • Figure of a Bird
    Figure of a Bird

    United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: 1852–58
    Accession Number: 47.90.130

  • Flask
    Flask

    Probably United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: ca. 1853–58
    Accession Number: 14.11.3

  • Book flask
    Book flask

    United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: ca. 1849–58
    Accession Number: 40.150.310

  • Book flask
    Book flask

    United States Pottery Company (1852–58)

    Date: 1849
    Accession Number: 1984.395.12

  • Border Tile
    Border Tile

    J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (1877–1907)

    Date: ca. 1881
    Accession Number: 1970.100.7

  • Border Tile
    Border Tile

    J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (1877–1907)

    Date: 1881–84
    Accession Number: 1970.100.8

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