Small, pear-shaped pearlware mustard pot with lid and applied handle. Pot has a molded line and ribbing around mid-section, overpainted blue. Blue bands are painted around the lower body and down the handle. The lid has a teardrop-shaped knop and a side indentation for a spoon. A blue band is painted around the lid and a blue floret on top of the knop.
mustard pots
earthenware
glazing (coating)
pearlware
hand-painted
molding (forming)
Vessel, Condiment
Jar, Condiment
Pot, Mustard
Pot, Mustard
Unknown
England
3 3/4 (H), 2 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Byron Dexter
1962.49AB
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