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Cooking pot

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830-1860

GUSN

GUSN-8512

Description

Squat globular shape with fitted domed lid with flange and large round knop. Large curved vertical handle attached to body. Covered with characteristic brown mottled flint enamel glaze over light ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

crockpots
cookware
earthenware
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
Earthenware
Molded
Flint Enamel Glaze
Pot, Crock

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

1991.725A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 7 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.725AB

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