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Bean pot

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-202514

Description

Squat stoneware bean pot with small loop handle [a] and circular lid [b]. Pot has light brown and white exterior glaze, a large number '2' is painted in blue on the front of the pot. Interior glaze in light brown. Circular lid has simple knob handle and light brown exterior glaze. The number '2' is engraved in the lid just above the finial.

Details

Descriptive Terms

crocks
cookware
stoneware (pottery)
Crock

Inscription

"2" (Painted in blue)
"2" (Cut into pot lid)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1714AB

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