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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Chalkware Woman
Object ID
G.98.51.75
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Chalkware Woman
Description
Figure of a woman with brown hair wearing an ochre broad-rimmed hat, long-sleeved, full-skirted dress painted blue-green with ochre trim on bodice only, and unpainted pantaloons with black shoes. She is also holding a hankerchief in her right hand and flowers in her left hand. Square plinth with clipped corners is lightly dabbed with tannish-brown. Back side is inpainted.
Inscription inside base is pencilled "PRC".
Provenance
Collected by Harpo and Susan Marx in Pennsylvania during their visits back East from CA. Donation to the Heritage Center.
Year Range From
1830
Year Range To
1870
Collector
Harpo and Susan Marx
Last Owner
Marx, Harpo and Susan
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 34
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Subcategory
Art
Object Name
Figurine
Oither Names
Chalkware Woman
Material
Chalkware, Paint
Height (in)
10
Width (in)
3.75
Depth (in)
3
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2014-05-13
Condition Notes
Moderate soiling and paint loss. Small chips throughout; large loss on back right corner of base. Mended break in the left skirt. Several paint splatters on skirt front.
Object ID
G.98.51.75
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania
Credit
Given in memory of Harpo by Susan Marx, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.98.51
Images
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