Posset Pot

Dateca. 1705

MediumLead glass

DimensionsOH: 7 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1969-8

DescriptionWaisted cup bowl, plain swan-neck handles and spout, set on a squat flared foot.Label TextPosset pots are great rarities today, but similar forms were owned in early America. Fragments of glass posset pots made in England have been excavated both in Williamsburg and at Jamestown.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceHoward Phillips, 11a Henrietta Place, London W. 1, England