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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help identifying ancient stoneware "pot"
« on: November 22, 2011, 12:44:12 pm »
Here is another link... maybe it will work. http://s1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee444/cc4npg/old%20pot/
If it's a bean pot, it's unlike anything I've ever seen. Someone on another site said the glazing looks primitive and said it might be a pot dating back to the 19th century used to store something in, or a ramekin. I understand fire will make a pot look older, and I've already considered that, but this handle really has me baffled. Here are dimensions...
Mouth opening 4" inner; 5" outer
Height looks to be about 6 3/4"
Handle is about 4" long and crudely made.. it does not look to be made by any machine
The widest part of the pot looks like somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 1/2"
There are imperfections to the roundness of the pot. Either it was poorly made on a wheel... or it was more likely made by hand. Still, the rim of the pot is fairly precisely made so the person (if made by hand) would have used some type of tool to do that.
If it's a bean pot, it's unlike anything I've ever seen. Someone on another site said the glazing looks primitive and said it might be a pot dating back to the 19th century used to store something in, or a ramekin. I understand fire will make a pot look older, and I've already considered that, but this handle really has me baffled. Here are dimensions...
Mouth opening 4" inner; 5" outer
Height looks to be about 6 3/4"
Handle is about 4" long and crudely made.. it does not look to be made by any machine
The widest part of the pot looks like somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 1/2"
There are imperfections to the roundness of the pot. Either it was poorly made on a wheel... or it was more likely made by hand. Still, the rim of the pot is fairly precisely made so the person (if made by hand) would have used some type of tool to do that.