Lead Glazed Redware Cookpot Foot

One redware foot/base sherd from a three-legged pipkin or cookpot with a colorless lead glaze on both the interior and exterior. The foot has heavy wear and portions of the glaze have been worn away. The interior also has obvious signs of usewear. The vessel is likely Dutch or American in origin. Possibly a "kookpot/grape" and manufactured locally.

• Object number

  369.1

• Date made

  17th Century

• Decoration

  Double Glazed

  Lead Glazed

• Animals/objects

  Cookpot

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 28, Landfill: Mottled Red, Brown, Orange, Sand Bands (624.369)

• Forms

  Base

  Foot

• Ware types

  Redware