Combware Platter

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1700-1750

GUSN

GUSN-2397

Description

Rectangular redware platter; pie-crust edge; combed slip decoration in brown and yellow; lead glazed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

platters
redware
earthenware
glazing (coating)
lead glaze
molding (forming)
slip (clay)
Redware
Slip
Molded
Lead Glazed
Platter

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.420

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