Mustard Pot
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Betsy Heacox Brace
MakerPossibly made by
Staffordshire potteries
English, 17th century-present
MakerPossibly made by
Leeds Pottery
English, 1758 - 1878
Dateabout 1830s
MediumMechanically-molded buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, with underglaze green decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height including lid x width including handle x depth): 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/8in. (6.4 x 9.8 x 7.9cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of John T. Whitman
DescriptionSmall, round, lidded mustard pot of cream-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The mustard pot (.a) has a line of machine-molded border just below the rim. The border is a band of indented ceramic with a line of shell-edge decoration inside. This has been colored with a line of green, underglaze color, perhaps applied by hand. The cup also has a small, molded and applied handle, also decorated with a line of hand-painted underglaze green. The lid (.b) is decorated in a similar fashion, with the same machine-molded green border as the cup located inside the rim. The lid also has a small, nearly-round finial that was formed in a mold and applied to the center of the lid. The finial has also been colored with a dash of green. The lid has a semi-circular indentation at the rim, meant to accommodate a spoon.
The lid has a large area of loss on the rim, opposite the indentation for a spoon. There is some crazing on the lid and the bottom and inside surfaces of the cup, where the glaze pooled during manufacture.
The lid has a large area of loss on the rim, opposite the indentation for a spoon. There is some crazing on the lid and the bottom and inside surfaces of the cup, where the glaze pooled during manufacture.
Object number1986.48.3a-b
MarkingsA piece of cloth tape, affixed to the bottom of the mustard pot reads, "Betsy Heacox Brace". The note is hand-written in pencil.On View
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