Description:
Redware milk pan with a greyish-tan slip covering the interior. Farm families had several of these shallow redware milk pans with sloping sides 2" to 4" high, which they used to "set" or "settle" or separate cream as it rose to the top from the daily milking, placed in a cool cellar or pantry. Because these pans were fragile and received heavy use, they had to be replaced periodically. 18th and early 19th century milk pans were hand-thrown, glazed only on the side, and often large. By the mid 19th century, smaller and lights pans with higher sides were sold in nests of 4 or 5, which were often drape- or slip-molded. These were replaced by tin pans which were both lighter and easier to clean.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Redware Link to share this object record:
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