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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