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Hobnail Sauce Dish

Hobbs, Brockunier and Company

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hobnail Sauce Dish by Hobbs, Brockunier and Company. The image shows a pink and white ceramic dish. The dish is a shallow, wide bowl with a flat bottom. It has a pink base color with a honeycomb pattern on the inside. The outside of the dish has a hobnail design, with rows of small, rounded bumps. The hobnails are pink and white. The dish has a white glaze line around the top edge. The background of the image is gray, with a shadow cast by the dish.

Artwork Details

Date
after 1886
Medium
Pressed cranberry and opaque white glass
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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