Century Vase

Designer Karl L. H. Mueller (American, 1820 - 1887)

Manufacturer Union Porcelain Works (American, 1863 - ca. 1920)

Dateca. 1877

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 12 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 7 5/8 inches (32.07 × 26.04 × 19.37 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Charles T. and Marion M. Thompson Foundation

Object numberF94-18

Markings(on bottom): "UPW" with "S" in beak on applied molded disk (on seat in log cabin panel at left, near base): "UPW"

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DescriptionCylindrical form with high shoulders, outward-flaring neck, and body tapering inward toward base; two biscuit handles in form of bison heads attached on opposite sides of shoulder; profile portrait bust of George Washington in biscuit panels around body at base: Boston Tea Party; soldier and cannon (probably Valley Forge); Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox; William Penn and Indians; settler with ax and cabin.

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