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Description:

Cylindrical, green jasperware handled and covered container encircled with applied neoclassical scenes of women and putti beneath a border of laurel leaves and berries. Container is rounded at base and fitted with a silverplated collar with bail handle around its rim. Flat circular cover with utensil cutout is decorated with scrolls, bellflowers, and a geometric border and topped by an acorn-and-button finial. Interior of pot is glazed; exterior is stamped "WEDGWOOD" (slightly curved) and inscribed "X" and "C". Cover not marked.

Maker is Wedgwood, Stoke-on-Trent, England, founded by Josiah Wedgwood in 1759.

Date Made: ca 1900

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, Stoke-on-TrentPlace Used: United Kingdom: England, South Tyneside, South ShieldsUnited States: Wisconsin, MenomonieUnited States: Minnesota, Lake Park

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Food, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of John H. Crea

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.66.0548Catalog Number: 66.0548Accession Number: 265238

Object Name: pot, jam

Physical Description: porcelain (container material)silver plate (rim mount; handle; cover material)Measurements: overall: 4 5/8 in x 4 in; 11.7475 cm x 10.16 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-f317-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301104

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Jam Pot