Dish with The Nativity

German, Silesia

ca. 1550

Not on view

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Title: Dish with The Nativity
Date: ca. 1550
Culture: German, Silesia
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: Diameter: 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
Object Number: 54.147.51
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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