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Elongated ovoid/vase-like form with short upturned collar and drop-in lid with convex finial. Covered overall with muddy and rust-brown glaze in sheer greenish overglaze.
jars
covers (closures)
glazing (coating)
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
lead glaze
Redware
Thrown
Lead Glazed
Jar, Food-storage
Incised on bottom underside of jar and lid: [loop-shaped letter or numeral. See accession file for sketch.]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.697A,B
Unknown
6 3/4 x 4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.697AB
Probably New England (United States) [general region]
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