Jar
Object number2007.57.26
Date1850-1865
Mediumstoneware clay, Albany and cobalt slips, salt glaze
Credit LineGift of Bernard Vavrek and Joanne Vavrek
DescriptionLarge salt-glazed stoneware jar, light grey to tan color, early appearance: ovoid body shape, narrowing at base, with outward bulge at waist; wide, overhanging upper rim; free-hand brushed colbalt-slip decoration features a cursive numeral underlined, and flanked by brushed flourishes and dots; light-brown Albany slip coating on interior of the vessel.Dimensions10 in. (25.4 cm)MarksFree-hand brushed colbalt-slip decoration features a cursive numeral "4", underlined.
Historical NotesAppears to be of relatively early manufacture; most of this jar has fired to a light tan color; this may be a reconstructed excavated vessel. Part of a collection of stoneware from local manufacturers in the Western Pennsylvania region.
Collector
Bernard Vavrek
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