The heaviest wash in the 1848–1899 run — white laid on thick enough to pool in the hollows of the handbuilt wall — capped by its opposite: a dark, plate-like crown ringing the top. Three photos hold the inversion steady: pale body, dark lid-edge, the run’s usual palette flipped upside down.
What’s the dark ring at the top? A crown of dark surface where the white wash stops — the photos show the boundary crisply and say nothing about what made either side. Piece 1874 of 10,000, listed at $18.74.
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