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  • Tags: Tan

Turtle

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Very small shell. Good shape. Few of the marginal plates missing. Oligocene.

Tessera

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Ceramic tessera.

Almost square with a scalloped top. The decorative motifs, on both sides, are in relief and consist of: on the obverse, a man reclining surrounded by a frame border and an arch on top, and what may be letters at base; on the…

Handle, Frying Pan

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Terracotta handle in form of horse's head.

Elongated face with modelled nose, mouth, eyes, ears and mane. Enlarged collar behind mane. Handle section with series of parallel incisions.

Lamp Filler, Guttus

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Ring base; short foot; flat globular body; one strap ring handle attached at shoulder; high tubular spout with flaring neck; two incised circles on lip; sides of body fluted; floral motif in relief on discus; beige clay with black matte paint.

Doll, George Glenn

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Doll of George Glenn. Cowboy, 1870, African American male, tan cowboy hat, green sweater, and orange gun hoister.

Starting in the 1960s, I. Roberta Bell, a Chicago school teacher, created a set of 26 dolls to help teach African American history to…

Plate

Porcelain plate with polychrome decorations. It has blueringed borders and tan striped rims. Decorations on underside. Chinese export porcelain.

Skirt

Long, embroidered and pleated silk Chinese skirt. Skirt formed of two halves which fasten together to form a wrap-around waistband of sand-colored cotton or linen weave. Halfway down and around most of both halves, ribbons weave vertically down…