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Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-2375

Description

Redware bowl; wide and low with overhanging rim and shallow foot. Overall orange and yellow mottled glaze. Inside center showing olive green glaze and splashes of dark brown. Uneven warp to shape of bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bowls (vessels)
glazing (coating)
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Thrown
Glazed
Bowl

Associated Building

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

Maker

Possibly Gonic Pottery (Maker)

Location of Origin

Gonic, NH, USA

Dimensions

3 3/4 (H), 10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.396

Places

New Hampshire (United States)
Possibly

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