Redware Cookpot

One mended, bulbous redware cookpot comprised of rim, body, and base sherds with a foot. One intact, pinched handle is attached to part of the body. There is a clear lead glaze coating the vessel's interior and exterior surfaces. Likely Dutch or American in origin. See Gabriel Metsu's painting of a "Sick Child" (1664) for an example of what this complete vessel may have looked like. The rim diameter is approximately 5 1/4 inches and the height is 4 1/4 inches.

• Object number

  991.13, 991.14, 991.15

• Date made

  17th Century

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 5.25 inches

  Height 4.25 inches

• Animals/objects

  Cookpot

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Forms

  Handle

  Base/Body/Rim

  Foot

• Ware types

  Redware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned