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Toy Redware Bowl

Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1840-1890

GUSN

GUSN-8534

Description

Semi-bulbous shape. Wide mouth with no cover; no handles. Rouletted band near top. Covered overall with orange/brick-red glaze except on slightly raised foot.

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (toys)
bowls (vessels)
glazing (coating)
incising
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
lead glaze
childhood
toys (recreational artifacts)
Redware
Thrown
Incised
Childhood
Lead Glazed
Bowl

Inscription

Handwritten (NFL) fabric label on bottom underside: BOUGHT/N.Y. CITY

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.749

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