Cup or Porringer

Item Information

Title:
Cup or Porringer
Description:
Handled cup with large rounded body on short outflared foot. Three incised bands near top and small rounded handle starting from out-turned lip. Covered with clear glaze (appears orange) with dark brown splotches.
Date:
1775–1850
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
glazing (coating process)
incising
redware
throwing (pottery technique)
cups (drinking vessels)
porringers (dishes)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Redware
Thrown
Incised
Lead Glazed
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
3 1/8 in. x 5 1/4 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/8627
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1992.719
Identifier:
8627