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Need help identifying marking

By Ronnie Cake, 5 February, 2010
Description

It is white porcelain (yellowish now) with a short pedestal base and fading gold paint. There is a inner lid and a vented cover, also with fading gold paint. the holes in the cover are diamond shaped and look to have been hand made cause they're not exactly the same. The outer part has hand painted green with lots of browning (as if it were dying) three leaved foliage vines. Inside has a hand wrote recipe by Ella Mae Tucker from Marion ville Mo. for making a rose jar or potpourri, also known as "Beaux Catcher." At the end it says "a rose jar made this way 32 yrs. ago is still fragrant. It sill has the potpourri too! if its the original stuff....

Category
Pottery
Medium
porcelain
Distinguishing marks
IA 077C600C hand painted (blue) marking of a crown
Condition
Good
Size and dimensions of this item
7 inches high and 16 inches around
Date Period
?
Weight
?
History
we brought it home after grandfather's death
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
none
For Sale?
No
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