Jar

Object number2007.57.23

Date1852-1880

Mediumearthenware, salt glaze, brown & cobalt slips

Credit LineGift of Bernard Vavrek and Joanne Vavrek

DescriptionLarge stoneware storage jar, five-gallon capacity; light gray color, with very intense dark cobalt-blue decoration; tall, wide cylinder shape, entire upper rim has been broken away; two arch-shaped moulded handles; combination of well-executed free-hand and stencilled decoration covers the entire facing side of the vessel; wavy lines and a delicate multi-leafed vine at top; stencilled label has retailer information; near base, additional wavy lines, dashes, and a large stencilled numeral.Dimensions14.5 x 10.25 x 9.5 in. (36.8 x 26 x 24.1 cm)
MarksStencilled label reads: "EDWARD HEAZELTON. NOs. 29 & 30 S.W. CORNER Diamond Square & Diamond St. PITTSBURGH, PA."; near base is a large stencilled "5".
Historical NotesProbably made by a Southwestern Pennsylvania pottery, this beautifully decorated jar bears the label of downtown Pittsburgh merchant Edward Heazelton. Part of a collection of stoneware from local manufacturers in the Western Pennsylvania region.

Collector Bernard Vavrek

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