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Punch Pot

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1750-1775

GUSN

GUSN-2163

Description

Creamware punch pot, of globular shape, with raised foliate decoration on spout, strap handle, with overall mottled-brown lead glaze with green splotches of Wheildon-Wedgwood type (tortoise shell ware).

Details

Descriptive Terms

glazing (coating)
lead glaze
molding (forming)
sponging
creamware
Creamware
Sponged
Molded
Lead Glazed
POT, PUNCH

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

1991.173A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 x 11 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.173AB

Places

England (United Kingdom) [country]

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