Object Study — museum archive

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  <header>
    <b>OBJECT<br />STUDY.</b><span>A MUSEUM OF SMALL SIGNIFICANCE.</span
    ><small>COLLECTION 001—036</small>
  </header>
  <section class="archive-title">
    <h1>Ordinary objects.<br /><i>Extraordinary attention.</i></h1>
    <p>Look again at the things<br />we live alongside.</p>
  </section>
  <section class="object">
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      ><span id="accession">OS / 001</span>
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    <article>
      <span>FROM THE COLLECTION</span>
      <h2 id="object-title">A vessel<br />for the everyday.</h2>
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        <div>
          <dt>Material</dt>
          <dd id="material">Stoneware / ash glaze</dd>
        </div>
        <div>
          <dt>Origin</dt>
          <dd id="origin">Unknown maker / fictional record</dd>
        </div>
        <div>
          <dt>Study</dt>
          <dd id="study">The handle and the space it holds.</dd>
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      </dl>
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