Description:
Molded redware jug or pitcher with handle, jug has a broad circular base, miter-shaped jug, 7-shaped handle, shaped edge of the jug with a large broad spout, molded decoration on the jug is two children playing, and on the opposite side are three children or putti frolicking in a garden of plenty with fruits and vegetables, a grape and vine border follows the top edge of the jug; the entire jug is covered with orange lead glaze and flecked with dark spots and black splashes, modern paper label on the bottom of the jug reads, “Col. Of Osborn/ Phila./1914 #190/ (Had pair.) and modern label “50.” Formerly part of the Burton N. Gates Collection. Jug is probably molded from an English stoneware original. Original notecard from the Gates papers for this object reads, "Pitcher. Red clay, Black in red glaze., Tender & crackled. Flakes easily./ Relief decoration. children: symbolic. 8 1/4" Tall 6" base./ col. Osborn, Phila. Dec. 1914. 1 of Pair. / Source unknown." Stoneware dealers Lorraine and Steve German commented that "I found several examples of this pitcher - the two things that differed were the colors of the glaze and the shapes of the handle. All dated to about the third quarter of the 19th century. According to Crocker Farm, who sold one in 2006, pitchers of this type were produced by both John Bell of Waynesboro, PA, and by Samuel and Solomon Bell of Strasburg, VA. Unfortunately, there's no identifying mark on yours that can help us narrow it down to a maker because I'm sure the Bells weren't the only ones who used this mold."
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