Description:
English delft undecorated ointment pot with a narrow, molded rim, slightly tapered straight sides, and flat molded-edge base. The owner's label on base reads "A-485." Ointment pots, which varied in size and shape, dispensed sticky or semi-liquid preparations sold by apothecaries, grocers, perfumers, etc., who often had their names and sometimes addresses inscribed on them when they ordered them in quantity from delftware factories. These pots are normally bowl-shaped with an everted rim, which could be covered with parchment secured with a string tied around the indentation below the rim. Around 1800, these delft pots were replaced with glass containers, cardboard-lined boxes, and chip boxes made of handcut wood shavings.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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