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Porringer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1750-1815

GUSN

GUSN-11588

Description

Redware porringer, of rounded form and with a flared rim, on a low foot. It has a rim to body loop handle and is covered overall with a deep brown/black lead glaze.

Details

Descriptive Terms

porringers (dishes)
glazing (coating)
lead glaze
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Thrown
Lead Glazed
Porringer

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.75 x 5.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.732

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