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Maker(s):unknown
Culture:American
Title:pitcher
Date Made:c. 1880
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed red earthenware (redware); gold paint
Place Made:United States; Pennsylvania
Measurements:Overall: 6 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 6 3/16 in; 16.5 cm x 13 cm x 15.7 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2014.4.127
Credit Line:William T. Brandon Collection of American Redware and Ceramics
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Thrown, red earthenware jug with waisted, cylindrical shape, base of jug is very flat, upper rim of jug has applied second layer for thickness, attached strap handle on side, covered all over in a brown, manganese glaze, with borders of gold paint along the sides of the handle and on the lower edge of the base, remants can be seen along the upper rim; gold paint was used by some potter's businesses from Maine to New Hampshire to Massachusetts and farther south such as places throughout the Mid-Atlantic states, which includes Philadelphia,.

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