Bulbous shape with two handles resting on its shoulders with incised banding in four spots. Fitted domed lid and high knop. Carved overall with mix of green/orange/golden yellowed to brownish coloration.
jars
covers (closures)
cookware
lead glaze
glazing (coating)
incising
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Thrown
Incised
Lead Glazed
Jar, Food-storage
Incised/tooled on underside of lid and base: 378
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.704A,B
Unknown
10 1/2 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.704AB
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