Mexican redware casserole bowl and lid. Round, low form w/ loop ear handle to sides and lid, w/ stamped floral border pattern on sides and overall slip decoration in brown and cream floral and leaf design; w/ splashes of green lead glaze.
casseroles (baking dishes)
cookware
lead glaze
redware
slip (clay)
stamping (forming)
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Slip
Lead Glaze
Thrown
Stamped
CASSEROLE
Stamped on side of bowl: ""MADE/ IN/ MEXICO""
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
5.25 (H), 9.25 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.494AB
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