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8 Items in this Learning Collection
Sugar Caster (one of a pair)
This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.
Collection Object
Sugar Means Ships - The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Must be Reduced.
Text: Sugar Means Ships - The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Muse be Reduced. For your beverages 400million lbs. of sugar were imported in Ships last year. Every Ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now. - (upper left seal) United States Food Administration - (ships labled) Sugar - (top left cloud) WAR HURRY!
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Save ... and serve the cause of freedom
Text: SAVE - 1-wheat, use more corn 2-meat, use more fish & beans 3- fats, use just enough 4-sugar, use syrups - and serve the cause of freedom - U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Collection Object
Untitled
White glazed porcelain pitcher with two different black silhouette faces in profile, one on each side.
Collection Object
Sugar Cane Factory, Cuba
A truck hauling sugarcane stops in front of a factory with a row of palm trees in front of it.
Collection Object
Throne mat

Collection Object
Coconut Cup
This cup is fashioned from a coconut shell set in a shallow bowl supported on a long, narrow stem and held in place by three straps and a tall neck band. The shallow domed lid has a plain, overhanging rim and terminates in a finial with a statuette of a nude sea nymph and serpent. The metalwork is densely decorated with various masks, animals, fantastic creatures, and vegetal ornament.
Collection Object
Plate fragment with design of a white gazelle against a blue ground
This plate has a central gazelle motif in white against a blue background. The paste is a light tan "Islamic II" while the glaze is glossy with wide crackle. The plate was fired upright. It is composed of a now faded cobalt color on a light green-white ground and is iridescent. The plate is attributed to the Safavid period in Iran.
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Plate fragment with design of a white gazelle against a blue ground

Accession Number
1957/1.93

Title
Plate fragment with design of a white gazelle against a blue ground

Artist(s)
Iranian

Artist Nationality
Iranian

Object Creation Date
n.d.

Medium & Support
fritware with blue underglaze painting

Dimensions
1 3/16 in. x 8 in. x 8 in. ( 3 cm x 20.3 cm x 20.3 cm )

Credit Line
Museum purchase

Subject matter
See physical description. 

Physical Description
This plate has a central gazelle motif in white against a blue background. The paste is a light tan "Islamic II" while the glaze is glossy with wide crackle. The plate was fired upright. It is composed of a now faded cobalt color on a light green-white ground and is iridescent. The plate is attributed to the Safavid period in Iran.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Gazella (genus)
Iranian Islamic pottery styles after the Mongols
Iranian Islamic styles after the Mongols
Islamic
Safavid (Iranian Islamic styles )
Safavid pottery styles
blue-and-white (ceramic glaze)
ceramic ware (visual works)
household objects
plates (general, dishes)

3 Related Resources
Arts from Persia and Iran
(Part of: Ancient and Classical Civilizations)
Visual Cultures of Islam - Ceramics
(Part of: Visual Cultures of Islam )
Cobalt & Blue
(Part of: Exchange and Influence on Global Trade Routes)

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