Bean Pot
Artist
White's Pottery
(American, active 1838 - 1907)
Date1890-1907
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 × 7 3/4in. (19.1 × 19.7cm)
ClassificationsCULINARY ARTIFACTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number85.88.6.a-b
DescriptionStoneware bean pot and lid with Bristol glaze; cobalt decoration; relief scene with man and woman eating beans; white glazed interior.On View
On viewCollections
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Label TextAfter the introduction of cast-iron cooking stoves in the 1840s, bean pots were made with small loop handles, which made it easier to retrieve the pot from the back corner of the oven with the hooked end of the stove poker. Lids had been added a few years earlier to hold moisture in.
