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Culture:English
Title:caster
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead glazed, refined white earthenware (pearlware, china glaze), transfer print, underglaze cobalt blue color
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire
Measurements:overall: 4 1/2 in.; 11.43 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.0353
Credit Line:Transfer from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, bequest of C. Alice Baker
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
English Staffordshire caster, often used for sugar and other dry condiments at table, decorated with a blue transfer print in the Willow pattern. The Willow pattern was very popular in early 19th-century America, and many potteries in Staffordshire made this pattern to keep up with the demand.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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