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Tea canister (Tea bottle)
1780-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2008.0053.009
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Barbara P. Katz
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Object Number
2008.0053.009
Object Name
Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1780-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular, off-white paper label with "101" in blue ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Rouletted (coggled)
Dimensions (inches)
3.504 (H) x 3.356 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
8.9 (H) x 8.525 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Manuscript: Findlen, Suzanne Rae. "Taste and Choice in Early Portsmouth New Hampshire as Seen Through Ceramic Archaeological Evidence, 1700-1800" (MA thesis).
• Similarly decorated bowl excavated Richard Shortridge House privy, Strawbery Banke, New Hampshire: p. 184, no. 567 (A-0718 DS3.8A.F58), 1800-15 context