Mantle Garniture
19th century
19th Century
9 1/2 in. x 4 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
earthenware
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Phoebe Griffin Noyes-Old Lyme Library from the Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury Ceramics Collection
Accession Number:
1978.50.2
A 19th century copy of an earlier mantle garniture. The base is baluster-shaped with a molded design. The font is painted blue and depicts a house, water and a man fishing. The back has a single painted floral motif. The lid is lipped and arches high, culminating in a bird with a ball on its beak.