Globular-shaped with small neck and shoulder- to-body strap handle. Covered overall with rich deep mottled green glaze of even thickness. Some narrow lightly incised bands towards top. Small foot.
jugs (vessels)
cookware
glazing (coating)
incising
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
lead glaze
Jug
In Cherished Possessions 2003-2005
Used At Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Possibly
Southeastern; Rhode Island
6 x 5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.720
Rhode Island (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)
Title Jug Accession Number 1991.423
Title Accession Number
Title Jug Accession Number 1991.721
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