Description:
Jugs, used for the storage of everything from water to wine, whiskey, vinegar, oil, and even tar are among America's earliest redware forms. Redware jugs range in size from a half-pint to one-gallon; larger examples are rare due to both their weight and fragile nature. The earliest are ovoid or egg-shaped in form. Early example of a Massachusetts redware bottle or jug, thrown ovoid redware jug with small ring lip to bottle's spout, bulbous bellied form, with an applied ribbed strap handle, and a whittled cork as a stopper, the pot is covered with a lead glaze that has made the surface of the ceramic have a dark green appearance with orange spots, there is one small area of manganese decoration below the spout, small ring lip, underside of base is unglazed, and is inscribed in red paint, "8." in a circle, and in black ink "? Putnam Ct." Presumed to be part of the Burton N. Gates Collection. Condition: overall good condition with glaze crackle over the surface of the object, in some areas the glaze has flaked off in small squares, the object may have been previously restored, Origin: Massachusetts, probably southeastern region, c. 1790-1810. Current attribution provided by American ceramics scholar Justin Thomas, 1/16/2019.
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