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Description:
Redware milk pans were a common object in early 19th-century New England. Milk from cows was poured into the vessels and allowed to separate. The cream was skimmed off to make butter or cheese. The remaining skimmed milk was used for recipes such as johnny cakes, ginger bread, and muffins. Thrown, red earthenware deep bowl or pan, with wide circular mouth and flat circular base, applied loop handles on the sides of the bowl, pan has a thicker rim edge, covered on the interior surface with a layer of lead glaze which is brown in color. Marked in white paint on the underside, "#514" , "#514" and on the underside of rim "#514" and Winterthur label, "Pottery Room/#514/Milk Pan." Condition: Large loss from the center of the well, and chip off side of rim.

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