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Covered Jug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2188

Description

Redware, large, barrel shape with strap handle; flat lid with round, flattened knop, with orange/yellow glaze and dark brown patches; two bands incised near top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jugs (vessels)
cookware
incising
glazing (coating)
lead (metal)
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Thrown
Incised
JUG

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

1991.197A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 x 7 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.197AB

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