Whieldon-type Tortoise

Item Information

Title:
Whieldon-type Tortoise
Description:
Earthenware tortoise, molded; medium size with bulbous humps on its body decorated overall with brown and yellow mottled head glazes (toroise shell glaze); this is quite possibly a Whieldon piece.
Creator:
Wheildon, Thomas
Date:
1750–1775
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
creamware
glazing (coating process)
lead glaze
molding (forming)
tortoise shell
figurines
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
tortoise shell
Creamware
Molded
Wheildon
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
6 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/10727
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1992.584
Identifier:
10727