Browse Items (215 total)

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Amphora

Ceramic amphora.

Ring base: hollow, high foot - flat at top with short stem; ovid body contracting to narrow neck; vertical strap handles attached at neck and rising to rim, then down to shoulder; the decoration is done in the red-figure…

Flask, Pilgrim

Flat circular body; short narrow neck flaring to rim; one handle (round in section) attached at shoulder and rim. Both faces of vessel have relief decoration (tortoise?) Ceramic.

Bottle, Medicine

Collected from Ridge House in March 1972. Clear glass, partially restored; "Whitelow - Williams / Drug Co. / Fayetteville, ARK"

Sherd, Jug

Collected during excavations at the Ridge House in March 1972. Fragment of porcelain jug - spout and portion of body with picture of "Old Main" building of the University of Arkansas.

Teapot

"Captain's" teapot with lid.

Eggshell-colored stoneware teapot; square plan and vertical views; slightly indented base; shoulders indented, with rounded corners on neck. Wide shelf in modified hexagonal shape. Indented body forms corner handle.…

Ashtray

Tiger skull ashtray. The tiger skull has an open mouth and molded brass plates on both sides of the head. One side is embellished with a tiger, and the other is embellished with an elephant. The mouth cavity is covered with a brass plate, which is…

Vase

10" Mission ware Niloak vase with relatively straight sides, indented neck, and flared-lip mouth.

The vase was a gift to the donor's maternal grandmother, Lallah Hairston Bailey, in 1914 on the occasion of her wedding. The vase was a gift from her…

Ceramic, Jar

Swirl vase, brown and tan. Niloak material.

Dilwynn Paxson Collection

Cabinet

Cabinet designed by E. Fay Jones. Was previously located in Vol Walker Hall on U of A Fayetteville campus.