Jar
Object number2008.143.7
Manufacturer
T.F. Reppert Pottery
Date1880-1890
OriginGreensboro, PA
Mediumfired stoneware clay, salt glazed, with cobalt and albany slips
Credit LineGift of Bernard Vavrek and Joanne Vavrek
DescriptionApproximately half gallon capacity salt-glazed stoneware storage jar: tall, smooth-sided body, narrows at neck, with overhanging rim, and wax-sealer-type shelf inside mouth; exterior is a light gray color, with cobalt-blue stencilling with maker information and stencilled motif at center, resembling a candleabra or footed cross; dark Albany slip coating on the interior of vessel.Dimensions10.25 x 6.125 in. (26 x 15.6 cm)MarksCobalt-blue stencilling, which reads: "T.F. Reppert / Greensboro Pa".
Historical NotesThomas F. Reppert (b.1835, d.1927) took over the pottery of James Hamilton & Company (Greensboro, Pennsylvania) in 1880. He was in partnership with William T. Williams ("Williams and Reppert") until 1884, when he ran the firm alone as "T.F. Reppert, Sucessor to James Hamilton".
Related person
Thomas F. Reppert
(1835 - 1927)
Collector
Bernard Vavrek
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1850-1865
1860-1870
c. 1860