silver

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Metal rims, bases, and lids, as well as chains to secure lids, were often mounted onto ceramics for decorative and functional reasons, including hiding a chipped edge. Pewter provided durability and was less costly, while silver and gilded silver added value and ornament to ceramic vessels.

 

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White and blue vessel with a flared foot, rounded body, and two necks in opposite directions. Necks are closed with silver caps attached to the vessel with delicate chains.

Chinese

Double-Necked Vessel, 1600s

Porcelain with underglaze blue, glaze, and silver

Bequest of Susan Martin Allien 35.665 

An unglazed stoneware mug with tan to copper colors and floral decoration. The foot goes into a gilded metal decoration, similarly to the handle where the hinged lid is attached.

German

Mug, ca. 1520–1550

Stoneware with gilded silver

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 49.075

A glazed black teapot with a decorative handle, long curved spout, and a short foot, metal decorations on the spout, lid, finial, and handle with a chain connecting them.

English

Coffeepot, 1760–1765

Earthenware with glaze and silver mounts

Gift of Miss Alice Brownell, Mrs. Ernst R. Behrend and Alfred S. Brownell 29.257 

A salt glaze and silver mug with vertical decorative elements and one handle.

English

Mug, 1708

Stoneware with salt glaze and silver mount

Gift of the Wunsch Americana Foundation, Inc. 1991.185 

A short metallic glazed stoneware tankard with a delicate handle and hinged lid. There is abstract repeating decoration along bands on the entire vessel.

German

Tankard, 1650–1700

Stoneware with glaze

Gift of Mr. Eugene L. Garbaty 48.374 

 

 

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