Redware pitcher, oversized, of urn shape w/ deep straight neck and thick reeded shoulder-to-body strap handle; w/ incised wavy lines to neck and incised banding to shoulder area. Covered overall w/ yellow glaze w/ greenish tint and decorated w/ bold asterisk-like designs in brown slip. C-spout broken off. Repairs.
pitchers (vessels)
glazing (coating)
incising
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
tin (metal)
Redware
Thrown
Incised
Tin Glazed
PITCHER
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
15 x 14 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.199
New Hampshire (United States)
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