Description:
Large redware jar covered overall with a red-brown glaze (except for the foot base), highlighted with dark-brown mottling around the rim and three large, roughly rectangular areas around the sides. There is a shallow spout on the left side of the applied, ribbed strap handle with the same dark mottling; over a narrow, waisted neck; over a rounded shoulder decorated with knurled band; over slightly tapered, rounded sides; over the rounded edge of the flat base. New England potters made coarse, utilitarian plates and dishes from local clays. The inherent fragility of these inexpensive wares caused them to break from use. The iron impurities in the clay give the body its distinctive red color.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Redware Link to share this object record:
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