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Richard Shaw

American, b. 1941

Package Jar with Scissors
1984

Porcelain
6 x 11 x 7.75 in.
Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
2004.43

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Packaging, porcelain*, rope, scissors*
  • Packaging
  • porcelain - A material comprising white clay, or "kaolin," and a feldspathic rock, that react when fired so the clay serves to hold the shape of the object and the rock fuses into a natural glass. In China, it includes any such ware that is highly fired enough to produce a ringing sound when struck. In Europe, it is limited to hard-fired ceramic that is translucent.
  • rope
  • scissors - Cutting tools consisting of two bevel-edged cutting blades and handles, and being movable past one another on a pivot in the center by which they are held together.

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