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Della Robbia Colorful Christmas Piece and Ore. Mammoth Tooth Find
A feature on Della Robbia style Christmas decorations notes its terra cotta origins, glaze, and imitated fruit, with emphasis on using white glazed plaques and natural motifs. The piece suggests the Della Robbia look suits church and holiday art, while condemning imitative fruit. In Eugene, Oregon, nurse Edith Taylor found a mammoth tooth during river dock hunting near Salem. curator Arnold Shotwell confirms the fossil at the University of Oregon museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Tarr
Luca Della Robbia
Borm
Columbus
Costa
Della Robbia
Florence
Italy
Eugene
Ore
Oregon
Edith Taylor
Sacred Heart Hospital
Dock
Willamette River
Salem
Arnold Shotwell
University of Oregon
Museum of Natural History