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Chalkware

Scope note

Figures and ornaments made in plaster of Paris to imitate pottery and porcelain, popular in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000207753

Broader Terms used

<object genres by material>

Created

13yrs ago

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