Undecorated Whiteware Ointment Pot with Lid

(Mid to late-19th Century)

Undecorated jar with lid. Likely contained cold cream, or an ointment with a similar heath and beauty related function. Two-part vessel with base and lid. The larger of two similar lidded-jars from same context.

  • Date made

    Mid to late-19th Century

  • Dimensions

    Height 3.5 cm

    Diameter 7 cm

  • Animals/objects

    Pot, Ointment

  • Category

    Personal

  • Class

    Ceramic

  • Material

    Refined Earthenware

  • Ware types

    Whiteware

Van Cortlandt House

Bronx, Van Cordlandt House, 525 S Riverside Ave

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