A) Cylindrical jar, inverted rim, applied strap handle, exterior decorated with flow blue on white transfer print chinoiserie designs. B) Domed cylindrical lid, ball-shaped knop, C-shaped cut out to allow spoon to rest in jar, flow blue and white design.
mustard pots
ceramic (material)
transfer printing
flow blue (ceramic glaze)
Unidentified Ceramic
Transfer Printed
Chinoiserie
Pot, Mustard
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.819AB
Probably England (United Kingdom) [country]
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