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Object number2008.143.8

Datec. 1875

OriginGreensboro, PA

Mediumkiln-fired earthenware with alkaline glaze, with cobalt and albany slips

Credit LineGift of Bernard Vavrek and Joanne Vavrek

DescriptionSalt-glazed stoneware storage jar: thin, straight-sided vessel, bulges outward at shoulder, narrowing inward at neck, with decorative incised lines; overhanging rolled rim; somewhat uneven salt glazing, dark grey coloration; deep-blue cobalt-slip decoration, consisting of two wide bands at top and bottom, and the maker stencilling with stencilled rose design at center.Dimensions10.125 x 6 in. (25.7 x 15.2 cm)
MarksDeep-blue cobalt-slip stencilling "Jas. Hamilton & Co. / Greensboro, Pa."
Historical NotesThe James Hamilton pottery operated in Greensboro, Greene County, Pennsylvania from 1852 until 1880.

Collector Bernard Vavrek

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