Description:
Jars are generally distinguished from pots and crocks by their smaller openings and mouths. Most earlier types were somewhat ovoid, but 18th-century straight-sided jars are known. Whatever the body form, the jar will have a pronounced lip (to facilitate sealing it with a piece of cloth or oiled paper). Some examples have turned inner ledges on which matching lids rested. Cylindrical, thrown, vase-shaped jar with narrow neck, curved shoulders, straight sides, and incurving base; the neck is fitted for a lid that does not survive with the object, surface of the jar is decorated with orange spots on mottled green ground with brown manganese specks, the area around the neck received more glaze and is very smooth, while other areas of the pot are more rough, the pot is heavy for its size and is thickly potted, Condition: Some original firing cracks in base of pot that do not go through body, overall excellent condition, Origin: probably New Hampshire, c. 1850.
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