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Jar (Pot)
1800-1825
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
New York or New Jersey; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1955.0587
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1955.0587
Object Name
Jar (Pot)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
New York or New Jersey; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1800-1825
Subject(s)
- Masonic imagery
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
9.724 (H) x 7.697 (L) x 7.48 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
24.7 (H) x 19.55 (L) x 19 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
6.125" mouth
4.75" base (slightly incurred)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 96, no. 101, no.103, NY or NJCatalogue: Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
• Jar with a masonic compass incised on shoulder, with supposed New England origins: July 16, 2011, lot 16.