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Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1775-1825

GUSN

GUSN-2335

Description

Deep earthenware dish with notched edge, its inside covered with a black glaze with center scroll decoration in white/yellow slip. Buff-colored body.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bowls (vessels)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
slip (clay)
lead glaze
Earthenware
Notched
Slip
Pressed
Lead Glazed
Bowl

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13 1/4 x 3 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.343

Places

Possibly Connecticut (United States)
Possibly

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