Ointment pot

Date1700-1775

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsOH: 2 3/16"; DIam: 3 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1966-142

DescriptionOvoid pot with everted lip and slightly flared foot. Bluish tin glaze with no glaze on base and no color decoration.
Label TextOther pots in the Colonial Williamsburg collection of the same form and same period of manufacture vary in height from 1 1/2 to 2 1/4 inches. (See accessions 1967-586, 1967-587, 1967-588, 1967-589, 1967-590, 1966-143, and 1966-146.)
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceMr. Sydney N. Blumberg, Newtown, CT