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Illustrated Catalogue and Wholesale Price List of Fancy Earthen Ware: Hand and Machine-Made Flower Pots and Saucers, Plain and Fancy Hanging Pots, Ferneries, Garden Vases, Etc.

Publisher Issued by A. H. Hews & Co. American
1880–90
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  • Title: Illustrated Catalogue and Wholesale Price List of Fancy Earthen Ware: Hand and Machine-Made Flower Pots and Saucers, Plain and Fancy Hanging Pots, Ferneries, Garden Vases, Etc.
  • Publisher: Issued by A. H. Hews & Co. (North Cambridge, Massachusetts.)
  • Printer: Alvin G. Brown, Malden, Massachusetts
  • Date: 1880–90
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving and mechanical process
  • Dimensions: 10 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (26.8 × 17.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.504
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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