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A4260-3 Soap dish and insert, 'Royle's Patent Toilet Aquarius', earthenware, Doulton & Co, Burslem, England, c. 1885-1890. Click to enlarge.

Soap dish with insert

Made
Round earthenware soap dish with moulded handle on both sides and decorated with design taken from primary design. Exterior and interior decorated with encircling shawl fringe border. The soap dish has an earthenware insert, perforated with holes to allow water to drain.

Summary

Object No.

A4260-3

Object Statement

Soap dish and insert, 'Royle's Patent Toilet Aquarius', earthenware, Doulton & Co, Burslem, England, c. 1885-1890

Physical Description

Round earthenware soap dish with moulded handle on both sides and decorated with design taken from primary design. Exterior and interior decorated with encircling shawl fringe border. The soap dish has an earthenware insert, perforated with holes to allow water to drain.

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Harvard

Soap dish with insert 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 30 May 2023, <https://ma.as/180389>

Wikipedia

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