Light muddy blue or neoclassical blue colored clay body w/ clear glaze on inside. Matte exterior. Squat circular molded body w/ circular foot ring. Applied sprigs of white clay, alternating fern, leaf and bluebell motif. Applied C-scroll handle. Wide circular mouth w/ triangular spout. Lid missing.
pitchers (vessels)
stoneware (pottery)
black basaltes
Stoneware
Pitcher
Impressed: ""S17""/""11"" Incised: ""804""
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
5.5 x 2.313 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.179
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