Lead Glazed Redware Cookpot

One handle, rim and large body sherd from a bulbous redware cookpot. The handle has a pinched top and a thumb-print depressed base. The lead glaze is mottled brown/colorless in color and is on both the interior and exterior of the cookpot. The vessel consists of two sherds that mend but are not mended. The vessel is likely Dutch or American in origin. Possibly a "kookpotten" or "kookpot/grape" and manufactured locally.

• Object number

  836.4, 836.5

• Date made

  17th Century

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 7.0 inches

• Decoration

  Lead Glazed

• Animals/objects

  Cookpot

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Forms

  Handle

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Redware