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Toy Bowl

Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1800-1860

GUSN

GUSN-8537

Description

Rectangular shape with deep well and notched rim. Covered with orange glaze and three wavy lines in light-colored slip. Unglazed back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (toys)
bowls (vessels)
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
redware
slip (clay)
lead glaze
childhood
toys (recreational artifacts)
Redware
Childhood
Slip
Pressed
Notched
Lead Glazed
Bowl

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 2 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.752

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