Feeding device created for a caretaker to assist those unable to consume food independently, vessal with a straight-sided, egg-shaped body, the sides and top of which are covered in an incised pattern of rows of concentric circles. There is a dog's head handle and a human head mask under the spout. There is an applied ear-shaped handle with a scallop shell thumbhold.
containers for serving and consuming food
creamware
earthenware
glazing (coating)
incising
Possibly Hall, Ralph (Maker)
Tunstall, England, Staffordshire
2 1/2 (H) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. W. Austin Wadsworth
1929.242
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