The ceramic bowl is cylindrical in shape. The brown clay body is glazed in mottled shades of green over a pale blue with a deep brown coloration surrounding the bottom and the outer base rim. Signed on bottom “Harding Black 1958″. The bowl measures 4 1/16″ in height, 7 7/8″ in diameter at the upper rim and 2 11/16 in diameter at the base. ANITA EISENHAUER WAS A RESEARCHER, AUTHOR, AND COLLECTOR OF THE HISTORY OF SOUTH TEXAS. SHE SERVED AS NUECES COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD MEMBER, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NUECES COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AS REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MUSEUM COMMITTEE MEMBER, AS CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, AND AS FRIENDS OF OLD BAYVIEW CEMETERY ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL OFFICER. DURING HER 50 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, SHE SERVED AS REGENT OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CHAPTER AND AS CHAIR OF THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE OF ITS TEXAS SOCIETY. SHE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE CLARA DRISCOLL CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE OLD BAYVIEW CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812.
