Dan:
Mea culpa on the flippant Bean Pot suggestion - having no New England
experience I will defer to Eric -back to lurking.
Silas
> Silas suggested that Robert'a pot ...
>
> "Looks more like a New England "bean pot" to me"
>
> It doesn't in the least, as bean pots were for baking the beans in ovens
> and were short and stout. They were made from lots of different clays and
> glazes, but the form is distinct, and based on function:
>
> http://www.civilization.ca/collect/bay/bd100hi1.html
>
> It doesn't look like anything any local potter of New England (European
> descent) would make, either, at least that I've ever seen, and it sure is
> different from any native vessels.
>
> Dan W.
>
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