It is said that the old Seward kitchen was one of the most popular stations of the Underground Railroad, and that many a poor slave who fled by this route to Canada carried to his grave the remembrance of its warmth and cheer.
BLACK GROUND CLOISONNE JARDINERES
c. 1871
These are a matching pair of black ground cloisonne enamel jardineres. Each has deep
rounded sides decorated with butteries iving amidst scattered flower roundels on a black ground with a gilt-wire.
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