Highlights of specific items in the collections:

Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Bowl : Electric Tower, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y., 1901.
[U.S.A.?  : s.n., 1901].
T485.L1 B695 1901

View of bowl

     Ceramic souvenir bowl from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, held in Buffalo, New York from May 1 to November 1, 1901. 

Detail: view from above.

     Shaped as a six-pointed star, the blue-glazed bowl features a view of the Electric Tower, one of the most prominent landmarks of the fair.

Detail: Center view.

     The sides of the bowl are an openwork design simulating weaving.  The whole is glazed dark blue, with some mottling, and the rim is gilt.

Detail: openwork sides.

Detail: bottom of bowl.

     The reverse is unmarked.

Anonymous gift to the Rare Book & Texana Collection, November 2006.

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