Milk Pan
MakerMade by
Seth Goodwin
American, 1772 - 1828
Date1795-1828
MediumDrape-molded redware with a lead glaze
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 5 3/16 x 17 1/2in. (13.2 x 44.5cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionLarge, round, redware milk pan with a flat bottom, outwardly angled sides, and a slightly flared rim. The milk pan is glazed on the interior surface with an irregular, translucent brown, lead glaze; some of the glaze was wiped off of the rim. There are three chips in the glaze on the interior. The exterior of the milk pan was not glazed. There are several chips on the underside of the rim. There is one small area of repair on one lower side of the outside of the milk pan.
Object number2005.136.0
Markings"SETH GOODWIN" is impressed twice on the underside of the milk pan. The number "L 44.9.5" is painted, and now faded, on the bottom of the milk pan, below the rim. A round, flourescent pink sticker is adhered to the underside of the milk pan; "RO" is hand-written in black ink on the sticker.Subject Terms
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