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1930

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1940

  • Work on this object ended.

1989

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2025

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Athlete Emblem Box And Cover

This is a box and cover. It is dated 1930–40 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is porcelain (bisque). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds.

  • Jar Jar
  • soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
  • Gift of Catharine Oglesby.
  • 1958-119-3-a,b

Its dimensions are

Diameter: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: None

Cite this object as

Athlete Emblem Box And Cover; porcelain (bisque); Diameter: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1989-41-83-a,b

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