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Jug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1780-1850

GUSN

GUSN-8507

Description

Globular-shaped with small neck and shoulder- to-body strap handle. Covered overall with rich deep mottled green glaze of even thickness. Some narrow lightly incised bands towards top. Small foot.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jugs (vessels)
cookware
glazing (coating)
incising
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
lead glaze
Jug

Label

In Cherished Possessions 2003-2005

Associated Building

Used At Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Possibly

Location of Origin

Southeastern; Rhode Island

Dimensions

6 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.720

Places

Rhode Island (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)

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