Description:
Grey-bodied stoneware jug stamp-impressed "T. CRAFTS & CO WHATELY / 3", in-filled with cobalt blue, over two dark blue flowers on scrolling stems. Thomas Crafts (1781-1861) was one of the most successful potters in Whately (a town just south of Deerfield). He started making glazed redware pottery in 1802, developing a successful teapot business; he switched to salt-glazed stoneware in 1833 and was active until 1848, turning over the business to his sons. The jug has a beveled base and sides curving outwards until approximately 1/2 of the distance up, and then curving in towards the lip. A heavily tooled line circumscribes the neck directly beneath the lip.The loop handle is attached to the spout and shoulder. The salt glaze is of a medium thickness; the interior is coated with Albany slip. There is some brown discoloration on the lip rim, probably from drippings of the Albany slip.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Stoneware Link to share this object record:
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