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Culture:American
Title:jar
Date Made:c. 1860
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed red earthenware (redware)
Place Made:United States; Connecticut; West Hartford
Measurements:Overall: 9 1/2 in x 5 7/16 in; 24.1 cm x 13.8 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2014.4.163
Credit Line:William T. Brandon Collection of American Redware and Ceramics
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Tall, thrown, red earthenware storage jar, circular flat bottom, molded base edge, straight sides, angled shoulders, and cup shaped lip to hold a lid (which does not survive), decorated on the edge of the shoulder with incised bands, covered with an orange lead glaze, and oval sponged decoration of manganese on the sides of the pot, Inscribed in red paint on bottom, “100”, Formerly part of the Burton N. Gates Collection. Original Gates notecard for object reads, "Crock and cover. / Col. 1912. Willimantic, Ct. Red clay splash decoration. 10.5 x 5 in diam." Current attribution provided by American ceramics scholar Justin Thomas, 1/16/2019.

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