Description:
English pearlware round mustard pot with pointed dome top, concave neck, slooping shoulder, and straight-sided body. The engine-turned decoration includes overall with rilling in black over the white body and wavy concentric circles and one yellow band around neck of pot; this decoration is also known as mocha, banded, or dipped ware. After the decoration is applied, the pot is then dipped in black slip, dried and returned to the lathe; the excess slip is shaved away, leaving the black slip only in the engined recesses. Temple Newson House in Leeds, England owns an undecorated creamware example of this form, which has "MUSTARD" printed under the glaze. This piece was formerly in the collection of John B. Morris, Jr., given to Deerfield Academy (#2638/679/1), and then purchased from DA in 1981. Scholar Jonathan Rickard believes these taller pots contained dry mustard for preparation on the plate.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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