Vase, 1830-1850
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By the mid-1800s, potters in Staffordshire, England, created an array of ceramic figures and sold them to a growing lower- and middle-class population. Americans, too, bought these colorful figures to decorate their homes. Some figures, like this woman milking a cow, represented a past rural life--a nostalgia for rural times before the migration to industrialized urban centers.
By the mid-1800s, potters in Staffordshire, England, created an array of ceramic figures and sold them to a growing lower- and middle-class population. Americans, too, bought these colorful figures to decorate their homes. Some figures, like this woman milking a cow, represented a past rural life--a nostalgia for rural times before the migration to industrialized urban centers.
Artifact
Vase
Date Made
1830-1850
Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Chapman Family Home
Object ID
71.1.131
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of David M. Gwinn.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 6.25 in
Width: 3 in
Length: 7 in
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