Squat globular shape. Short upturned collar; pouring lip. Fitted with replacement lid. Side strap handle (double reeded); rouletted band around shoulder. Covered overall with orange glaze and vertical dark brown markings. Lid darker orange/brown glaze; different texture.
crockpots
lids
cookware
glazing (coating)
redware
roulettes (engraving tools)
throwing (pottery technique)
lead glaze
reeding
Redware
Thrown
Rouletted
Reeding
Lead Glaze
Pot, Crock
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.722A,B
Unknown
6 x 6 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.722AB
Possibly Connecticut (United States)
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