Basin or mixing bowl

1845-1875

Measurements

4-1/2 in x 10-1/2 in (dia)

Materials

Mottled brown lead glaze on yellow earthenware (Rockinghamware)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, anonymous gift

Accession Number

2020.51

Condition Notes

The bowl exhibits craquelure in the glaze on the inside and outside of the upper half.  There is a chip along the underside of the lip and a flake in the bottom of the foot.

Comments

The large molded bowl, coated inside and out in a mottled brown glaze, has a thick molded rim and stands on a molded foot.  It is very similar to another example (accession no. 1971.1504)--both in size and character of the mottled glaze--except this bowl has no surface ornamentation molded into the outside.  The bowl may have been placed in a washstand and used for washing, in which case it would be called a basin, or it may have functioned as a mixing bowl.