Round with sloping sides and finely notched edge. Face covered with orange glaze with three interlaced lines of white/yellow slip. Back unglazed with buffed smooth finish.
chargers (platters)
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
redware
slip (clay)
Redware
Slip
Notched
Lead Glazed
Charger
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
11.75 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.710
Probably Pennsylvania (United States)
Possibly New York state (United States)
Probably
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