The Flight of Eliza Spill Vase
1851
Physical Qualities
Biscuit and glazed hard-paste porcelain and gilding, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 6 3/16 in. (29.2 x 22.2 x 15.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Albert H. Cousins Memorial Fund; and purchased as the gift of Ann Bosworth
Object Number
2002.205.1
Part of a pair. Figural vase with flared opening, leafy support and shaped base, all in white glazed porcelain with gilding. White biscuit figures represent characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This example represents Eliza fleeing with her child across the ice floes.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; The Stradlings, New York, NY
Inscribed: Incised "CV" on base
Markings: None
