Found objects on glass bottle, 14.5" x 5" x 5", !9th century, American, ex Randell Plumber/Harvey S Shipley Miller Collection, collected over 30 years ago.

Memory ware is an African American folk art tradition that memorializes a dead or loved one. It is usually a vessel whose surface is adorned with assorted materials, such as broken china, glass shards, and small objects, especially items associated with the memorialized person.