Miniature lidded pot

1880-1920

Measurements

2-1/8 in x 3-1/2 in x 2-3/4 in (dia)

Materials

Unidentified hardwood, non-ferrous metal fittings

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1025

Condition Notes

One handle has broken off.  A finial of some type is missing from the center of the lid.  The pot body has a shallow flake in the outside rim.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

The small lidded pot is black in color and stands on three rectangular feet.  The function of this very small object is unknown.  Possibly, it was a tourist trade or souvenir item. 

The lid and body appear to have been turned on a lathe.  The wood used is very fine-grained; earlier cataloguing of this object identified its material as metal.  Both the body and lid are covered with incised engraving.  The body is divided into panels showing crude leavy vines.  The lid is regular in its decoration.  Triangular handles project from opposite sides, and a sharpened post in the center of the lid suggests a finial, now lost.