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Yi-hsing reddish-brown stoneware of gourd shaped body and knop, short straight spout and rounded handle, with small circles incised on lid.
teapots
covers (closures)
incising
stoneware (pottery)
Chinese export
Stoneware
Incised
Trade
TEAPOT
Two paper jelly labels: ""N. F. LITTLE"" and ""Chinese stone ware from estate Capt. Oliver Lane, Annisquam, 1825-50."" Lid: ""N. F. LITTLE"". Typed note (see accession file): ""Yi-hsing teapot brought to Annisquam from China by Capt. Oliver G. Lane during the first half of the 19th century.""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.187A,B
Unknown
4 x 6.75 x 3.125 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.187AB
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