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Culture:American
Title:jar
Date Made:1800-1840
Type:Food Processing
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed red earthenware (redware), brown slip
Place Made:United States; Connecticut; Norwalk or New York; Long Island; Huntington
Measurements:overall: 11 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 28.575 cm x 24.765 cm x 15.875 cm
Accession Number:  HD P.222
Credit Line:Lucius D. Potter Memorial Collection
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Redware jar with a bulbous body with a wide, irregularly-shaped open mouth, tall neck and two molded lug handles, covered with brown slip over the upper half of the body. The jar is decorated with scattered black sponged spots, and horizontal incised lines around the neck, and horizontal and wavy incised lines around the upper half of the body. Part of Potter Inventory No. 782. Current attribution provided by American ceramics scholar Justin Thomas, 1/16/2019.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Redware

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