mustard pot

Object NameMustard Pot and Pepper Caster

Made FromLead Glass, Silver

Dateabout 1800

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number62.2.6

Credit LineGift of Miss M. G. Deavenport

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

probably Ireland

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown and cut. Mustard: (a) Ovoid bowl, with horizontally-ribbed silver rim; the bowl with a band of cut diamonds above cut panels; short capstan foot with panel cutting at the rim, and cut side; polished pontil mark. (b) Domed form with ribbed rim, cylindrical brim; a squared slot cut from the rim for a spoon; urn finial. Caster: (a) Tall, cylindrical form, with ground short cylindrical neck; rounded shoulder above a panel-cut, bell-shaped section; a band of cut nailhead diamonds above a panel-cut cylindrical section; polished flat base. (b) Double-domed form with three bands of tiny keyhole piercing and engraved arcades; reeded circular top, with the foot of an urn finial; sharp flange below; reeded collar.
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