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Description: Octagonal urn with pair of applied strap handles; pewter spigot screwed through hole at lower center. Octagonal-domed lid with, pagoda finial. Covered in mottled brown, cream, and green flint enamel glaze.
Marks: FENN'S PATENT No. 2 / NEW YORK No. 2 (stamped on spigot).
Technical notes: Badly broken lid fits loosely (possibly not original) and is repaired in several places.
Related examples: Spargo 1924, p. 235, fig. 6; Barret 1958, p. 83, pl. 109 (Barret, Richard Carter. Bennington Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Identification. New York: Bonanza Books, 1958.) ; Spargo 1969, pl. XVIII.
Book excerpt: Warren, David B., Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
Provenance[George S. McKearin, Hoosick Falls, New York]; [George Abraham and Gilbert May Antiques, West Granville, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1957; given to MFAH.
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