Jar
Object number2007.57.30
Date1860-1870
OriginPA
Mediumstoneware clay, alkaline glaze, cobalt & albany brown slip
Credit LineGift of Bernard Vavrek and Joanne Vavrek
DescriptionSalt- glazed stoneware jar, four-gallon capacity, beige-color clay body has fired to a reddish-tan; tall form, bulges outward slightly at shoulder; tall, straight neck, with embossed lines or bands; two pulled handles; stamped numeral at base of neck; extensive hand-brushed cobalt-slip decoration, featuring multi-leaved fern-like vine motifs, with fuschia(?) flowers; cobalt lines at base and rim, along with accents at the handles; incised line at shoulder area; reddish-brown Albany slip interior.Dimensions15.25 x 9.75 in. (38.7 x 24.8 cm)MarksStamped numeral "4" at base of neck;.
Historical NotesThis unmarked jar is likely made by a Beaver County, Pennsylvania pottery. Part of a collection of stoneware from local manufacturers in the Western Pennsylvania region.
Collector
Bernard Vavrek
On View
On view
1850-1875
c. 1865
c. 1868
