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Bean Pot

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-8605

Description

Thick redware beanpot of squat globular shape with outflaring rim, uncovered, brown glaze inside, unglazed outside, incised in bold capital letters, "M. MARSHALL." above an incised band.

Details

Descriptive Terms

crockpots
incising
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Thrown
Incised
POT, CROCK

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.5 x 7 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.697

Places

Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly

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