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Redware Jug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-8505

Description

Small, globular-shaped with handle attached to neck. Incised band at shoulder and subtle foot. Covered overall with yellow glaze with touches of green and brown vertical markings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jugs (vessels)
cookware
glazing (coating)
incising
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
lead glaze
Redware
Thrown
Incised
Lead Glazed
Jug

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 1/4 (H), 4 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.718

Places

New England (United States) [general region]

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