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Pear-shaped, pearlware caster with dome-shaped, perforated top. A blue floret is hand-painted on the top; a molded chevron and bead band encircles the body and is hand-painted blue; a blue band is hand-painted around the foot.
casters (vessels)
earthenware
pearlware
hand-painted
molding (forming)
perforating
Vessel, Condiment
Caster
Caster
Original To Pratt House,
Unknown
England
4 1/2 (H), 2 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Museum Accession
1952.307
Essex (Middlesex county, Connecticut)
Probably
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