Stoneware Jug, 1830-1850
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This 3-gallon jug 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 amazing array of designs, including this piece with its incised foliated vines and fish decorated with cobalt blue glaze.
This 3-gallon jug 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 amazing array of designs, including this piece with its incised foliated vines and fish decorated with cobalt blue glaze.
Artifact
Jug (Vessel)
Date Made
1830-1850
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.0.65.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Stoneware
Salt glaze
Color
Cobalt blue (Color)
Gray (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 15.25 in
Diameter: 11 in
Inscriptions
on jug: 3 / G. HEISER CO BUFFALO / 3 / 3 / 3
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