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Culture:English
Title:caster
Date Made:ca. 1840
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: red earthenware, copper luster (lusterware), white slip, overglaze polychrome enamels
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire (probably)
Measurements:overall: 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.
Accession Number:  HD 71.038
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Edgar Bibas
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English lusterware caster often used for sugar and other dry condiments at table, with a pierced top, ovoid body, and footed base. The caster is covered with copper lustre and decorated with flowers and leaves in orange-red, pink, and green on a white band around the mid-body. Its copper lustre decoration is created by applying gold salts to the red earthenware body, where in the heat of the kiln the metal is deposited as a thin layer on the surface.

Subjects:
Pottery; Copper; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome

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