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, vase-shaped, thrown redware jar, the pot has a small round neck, curving shoulders, tapering base, and a small, flaring foot, the body is covered with a decorative mottled orange and brown manganese glaze. This jar may have been manufactured at one of the potteries in southeastern Massachusetts in the early 19th century. This type of pottery is often referred to as "New Bedford" pottery but the wares were actually produced in areas like Berkley and Somerset, MA - just to the east of New Bedford near the Taunton River. The Chase, Purinton, Boyce, and Shove families dominated the potting business in that area in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Condition: there is a small hole in the bottom of the pot, the area around the foot appears to have been broken off and been re-attached, hairline crack at base, there is a small chip off of the rim; and wear along the belly of the jar; Origin: Bristol County, Massachusetts, c. 1810.
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