Squat globular shape with high, outflared collar and flatish drop-in lid. Thick strap handle of squarish loop and crooked spout. Covered overall with pale olive-green glaze with yellow-orange, "Gonic"-style spots.
teapots
earthenware
glazing (coating)
throwing (pottery technique)
Earthenware
Thrown
Lead Glazed
TEAPOT
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.730A,B
Unknown
5 1/2 x 7 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.730AB
New Hampshire (United States)
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