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Cylindrical shape with upturned collar and matching fitted lid. Lid incised with four bands near rim and round knop. Wide shoulder- to-body strap handle with spreading base. Covered with mottled brown and yellowish glaze with red flecks.
jars
covers (closures)
glazing (coating)
incising
redware
turning (shaping process)
lead glaze
Redware
Turned
Incised
Lead Glazed
Jar, Food-storage
Incised on underside of pot and lid: G [in script]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1992.722A,B
Unknown
4 1/4 x 3 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.722AB
Connecticut (United States)
New Hampshire (United States)
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