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Miniature Keg

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1835-1845

GUSN

GUSN-3060

Description

Redware miniature keg; barrel shape with four incised lines at top and bottom of sides; solid, flat top and bottom with hole pierced in center of side; overall orange glaze.

Details

Descriptive Terms

kegs
miniatures (toys)
glazing (coating)
incising
lead glaze
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Lead Glaze
Incised
Thrown
Keg

Inscription

On the bottom underside is a label which reads: ""Daniel Clark/Jr.-/Millville Pot/Concord/N.H.""

Associated Building

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

Maker

Millville Pottery (Maker)
Clark, Daniel, Jr. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Concord, NH, USA

Dimensions

2 3/4 x 2 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1551

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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