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Food-storage Jar

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1800-1824

GUSN

GUSN-59945

Description

Dark brown footed jar with a bulbous body, mouth with a flange, and a missing cover.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ollas
cookware
redware
Jar, Food Storage
Jar, Food Storage

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10 1/4 (H), 8 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3525

Places

Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably

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