Covered Jar

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Object Name: 
Covered Jar
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, WV, Wheeling
Accession Number: 
2009.4.293
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.4 cm, Diam (max) 10 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1893
Credit Line: 
Gift of Anna and Karl Koepke
Primary Description: 
Colorless, pressed and acid-etched. US coin pattern. Lidded jar has vertical ribbing around body and is decorated with repeating coins around bottom. Cover has stacked coins as the handle and is decorated with repeating coins and vertical lines around bottom.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Koepke, Karl H. (d. 2009), Source
2009-05-26
Koepke, Ann, Source
2009-05-26