Description:
Straight-sided, thrown, circular, redware jar with canted shoulders, outward flaring, rounded lip, large circular mouth, edge of pot is slightly beaded, flat unglazed, base, coated with dark brownish-black lead glaze, on bottom of pot, inscribed "Col. Philadelphia/Pa. 1914." Condition: Large losses to lower edge of pot, surface side of jar is very scratched, some soluble salts efflorescence on the lower base. Originally part of the Burton N. Gates Collection.

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

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