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Jug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2678

Description

An ovoid body with a ringed neck that narrows at the mouth. It has a wide strap handle and incised bands about the narrow base. It is incised and cobalt decorated with a figure of a leaping horse. The cobalt is also ringed around the handle and ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jugs (vessels)
cookware
incising
stoneware (pottery)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
horse (animal)
Stoneware
Incised
Horse
JUG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

15 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.903

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