Slip decorated redware pan
date: label: date made
content: 1764-1799
label: date made
content: circa 1764-1799
name: label: maker
content: Daniel Bayley Pottery
notes: label: Description
content: The earliest household wares made by potters of European descent in America were wheel-thrown from coarse, local clays and kiln-fired at relatively low temperatures (900-1100 degrees centigrade). Following British and European tradition, these porous wares were covered with a clear lead glaze in order to retain liquids. Many earthenware pieces have a red-colored body due to the presense of iron in the clay. While most earthernware pieces were made quickly and cheaply without decoration, a number of surviving pieces are embellished with dabs of metallic oxides, slip decoration, or incised patterns.
label: Description
content: The National Museum of American History houses a large and important collection of utilitarian earthenwares made in the United States from the late 1700s through the mid 1800s. These simple types of wares were indispensible tools in food storage and preparation in the United States for over two hundred and fifty years, until advances in refrigeration and canning reduce
label: Description
content: This pan is part of collection of earthenware was found at the pottery site of Daniel Bayley and his sons, which was in operation in Newburyport, MA, between 1764 and 1799. The site was excavated by Lura Watkins and her husband in 1934. A native Bostonian, Watkins was a pioneer in the study of American cultural history and material culture. During her career, she collected, researched, and wrote about objects related to New England history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Newburyport
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Lura Woodside Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.391361
label: catalog number
content: 391361
label: accession number
content: 191198
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Platter
label: Object Name
content: pan
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: monochrome, yellow (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, coarse (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in; x 34.29 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 13 1/2 in; 6.6675 cm x 34.29 cm