Description:
Whitish tan-bodied stoneware jug stamp-impressed "MARTIN CRAFTS / WHATELY / 2" in-filled with blue, over a large blue flower extending from a stem, which differs from Martin's typical floral designs. Martin Crafts (1807-1880), the eldest son of potter Thomas Crafts (1781-1761), worked with his father in Whately until late 1833; he left to run potteries in Portland, Maine, Nashua, New Hampshire, and Boston, Mass. In 1857, Martin returned to Whately and ran the Crafts pottery until its close in 1861. The jug has a round lip, tooled line around the neck just below the lip, sloping shoulders, straight sides, applied loop handle that extends from lip to shoulder, and beveled base. The salt glaze is of a medium thickness; the interior is covered with Albany slip. The bottom has rows of incised grooves. There is a stress crack in the center of the base of jug.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Stoneware Link to share this object record:
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