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Redware Beaker

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1750-1820

GUSN

GUSN-8490

Description

Redware; sides taper in towards the bottom; wide mouth; covered inside and out with light orange lead glaze and brown splotches, mostly inside.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beakers (pouring vessels)
glazing (coating)
throwing (pottery technique)
lead glaze
redware
Redware
Tin Glazed
Thrown
Beaker

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 3 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.705

Places

New England (United States) [general region]
Connecticut (United States)
Probably

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