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- Jar, 1800-1820 - Clarkson Crolius's New York City pottery produced this durable, leak-proof stoneware jar in the early 1800s. Its orange-peel-like outer glaze formed when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Clarkson Crolius was the grandson of William Crolius, a German immigrant who founded the family pottery businesses in 1730.
- 1800-1820
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Jar, 1800-1820
Clarkson Crolius's New York City pottery produced this durable, leak-proof stoneware jar in the early 1800s. Its orange-peel-like outer glaze formed when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Clarkson Crolius was the grandson of William Crolius, a German immigrant who founded the family pottery businesses in 1730.