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Culture:English
Title:mustard pot
Date Made:1830-1850
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: red earthenware, copper lustre (lusterware), orange slip
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire (probably)
Measurements:overall: 2 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.
Accession Number:  HD 71.129
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Edgar Bibas
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English mustard pot with a cover with a mushroom finial and hole for spoon handle and a coil handle; and decorated with copper lustre and two bands of orange slip around the cover and pot body, both of which have copper lustre stylized grape leaves and tendrils. 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

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