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Custard Cup

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-11169

Description

Redware custard cup with straight tapered sides on a rolled foot rim, unglazed exterior with dark brown glaze to the interior.

Details

Descriptive Terms

custard cups
cookware
lead glaze
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Lead Glaze
Thrown
RAMEKIN

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.25 x 2.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.728

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