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Jar (Sugar pot)
1800-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
North Carolina; Alamance; South; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.1134 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.1134 A, B
Object Name
Jar (Sugar pot)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
North Carolina; Alamance; South; United States; North America
Date
1800-1820
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Trailed
Dimensions (inches)
10.875 (H) x 9 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
27.622 (H) x 22.86 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p. 77, fig. 88.Article: Beckerdite, Luke & Hunter, Robert. 01//2007 Earth Transformed: Early Southern Pottery at MESDA and Old Salem. Antiques. 160-169.
• For Southern potting traditions.Article: Beckerdite, Luke, et al. 10//2010 Earthenware Masterworks from the St. Asaph's Tradition. Antiques and Fine Art. X (5): 174-181.
• Very similar, but squater proportioned jar with family history: p. 181, fig. 13, "Sugar Pot", Alamance County, NC, 1800-20. Passed down in Loffler family of St. Asaph's district.