Stoneware Jar, 1807
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This jar was made of a durable, leak-proof pottery called stoneware. The orange-peel-like outer glaze was created when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Salt-glazed stoneware pieces were decorated with an array of designs, including the inscription, "LIBERTY FOREV" (probably implying "Liberty Forever"), on this piece.
This jar was made of a durable, leak-proof pottery called stoneware. The orange-peel-like outer glaze was created when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Salt-glazed stoneware pieces were decorated with an array of designs, including the inscription, "LIBERTY FOREV" (probably implying "Liberty Forever"), on this piece.
Artifact
Jar
Date Made
1807
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
57.65.20
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Salt glaze
Technique
Glazing (Coating)
Color
Cobalt blue (Color)
Gray (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 12 in
Diameter: 7 in
Inscriptions
on front: LIBERTY FOR EV / WARNE & LETTS 1807 / S. AMBOY N JERSY[sic]
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