Description
Memoryware jug in gold paint, c. third quarter nineteenth century. The jug is a surreal world of tiny objects, all subsumed in multiple layers of gold paint, including porcelain dolls, watch chains, arrowheads, combs, buttons, seashells, a miniature ice pick — the more you find the harder you look. These seemingly inconsequential things may have been consequential to their one-time owner — such memory assemblages brought together bits and pieces meaningful to their makers, with some examples created to memorialize the dead. A good example of this American folk art tradition.
Condition
Rich aged patina with minor scratches and losses.
Measurements
7 inches wide
10 inches tall
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