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Culture:American
Title:dish
Date Made:early 19th century
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed red earthenware (redware)
Place Made:United States; New England
Measurements:overall: 1 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 26.035 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.0772
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. & Mrs. John Kenneth Byard
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Redware circular dish with a glazed top surface and unglazed back. New England potters made coarse, utilitarian plates and dishes from local clays, which were inexpensive, but often broke from use. The iron impurities in the clay give the body its distinctive red color.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Redware

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