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Culture:English
Title:toy cream pot
Date Made:1790-1810
Type:Food Service; Recreational Gear
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed, cream-colored earthenware (creamware) with overglaze enamels
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire
Measurements:overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.; 7.3025 x 6.35 x 3.4925 cm
Accession Number:  HD 78.121
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Wilmer H. Cordes
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
English miniature or toy creamware cream pot with a coil handle and pinched spout decorated in iron red and blackish-brown. The black-banded rim is over a band of fern-like design in a herringbone shape over a narrow black band; the handle edges and footrim are banded in black. There is a group of four small dots in a diamond shape on the base. This jug may be part of a set with the cup and saucer, HD 80.112/A, also given by the same donor. This pot could have been made by Josiah Wedgwood but is unmarked.

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

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