A yellow-ware mug, with a cylindrical gently flared top and base. It has a scroll strap handle and is thickly potted. It has a blue stripe horizontally around its mid-section and narrow cream colored band to either side.
mugs
earthenware
lead glaze
throwing (pottery technique)
yellowware
stripes
banding
Lead Glaze
Yellow Ware
Thrown
Stripe
Earthenware
MUG
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
3.875 (H), 4.25 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.131
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