Posset Pot
date: label: Date
content: 1705–40
name: label: Manufacturer
content: De Paauw (Peacock) Factory, Dutch, active 1651 - 1774
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cylindrical body with straight sides; 2 loop handles opposite sides; spout rises along side body, projects horizontally from squared shoulder; domed lid with wide lip and flattened knop finial; painted in underglaze blue on white with chinoiserie birds, flowers, scroll bands.
place: label: made in
content: Delft, Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1986-61-70-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: posset pot
label: Type
content: posset pot
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Tin-glazed earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: 12 x 21 x 21 cm (4 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)