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Shaving Dish

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Shaving Dish by Hans Greiner: a ceramic dish with a wide, shallow bowl and a small foot at the base. The dish has a cream-colored background with a brown rim and a decorative design in the center. The design features a brown comb, scissors and a case with a cross on the lid. There are also blue, green, and orange flowers and dots around the design. The rim of the dish has brown writing in a foreign language. The dish has a small chip at the top and a few small chips around the edges. The background of the image is gray, with a slight shadow underneath the dish.

Artwork Details

Date
1769
Medium
Earthenware with slip decoration
Culture
American
Dimensions
541 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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