Large and bulbous shape with upturned collar and drop-in lid. Thick strap handle starting from shoulder. On small foot. Covered with ochre-yellow glaze (somewhat mottled with hints of green and orange) and large brown splotches.
pitchers (vessels)
glazing (coating)
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
Redware
Thrown
Lead Glazed
Pitcher
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1992.720A,B
Unknown
7 1/2 x 7 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.720AB
Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly New Hampshire (United States)
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