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Bowl

Designer:
William Manker (American, Upland, California 1902–1997 Napa, California)
Date:
ca. 1945
Medium:
Earthenware, glazed
Dimensions:
H. 6-5/8, D. 7-1/4 inches
(16.8 x 18.4 cm.)
Classification:
Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line:
Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1948
Accession Number:
48.47
Not on view
the designer (until 1948; sold to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary American Ceramics Selected from the Eleventh National Ceramic Exhibition," January 10–February 2, 1947, no. 108.

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The United States and Canada, 1900 A.D.-present

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