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Cann

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830-1880

GUSN

GUSN-2369

Description

Redware mug of large barrel shape with incised banding near top and bottom. Reeded strap handle (slightly crooked). Covered overall with undercoat glaze of pea-soup color and souffle/ powder-like decoration in iron-red/brownish color over that.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canns
banding
glazing (coating)
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Thrown
Banded
Lead Glazed
Tankard

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.388

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