Lead Glazed Redware Cookpot

Four mended handle, rim and large body sherds from a bulbous redware cookpot. The large round handle has a slightly pinched top and a thumb-print depressed base. The lead glaze is colorless or brown and is on both the interior and exterior of the cookpot. Portions of the glaze are missing and have flaked off. The vessel is likely Dutch or American in origin. Possibly a "kookpotten" or "kookpot/grape" and manufactured locally.

• Object number

  1073.1, 1073.18, 1073.3, 1073.11

• Date made

  17th Century

• Decoration

  Lead Glazed

  Double Glazed

• Animals/objects

  Cookpot

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Forms

  Handle

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Redware