Description:
Lead-glazed redware jar, thrown straight-sided jar with canted shoulders and flange at top edge, circular opening, jar is held together with a string strapped around the outside of the jar; the lid is not original to the piece, circular jar lid has round knob finial. Condition: surface of jar is covered with grime and soluable salts. There is a business card within the pot for a Northampton antiques dealer - presumably the seller, "Mrs. E. B. Stone/ 210 Bridge St./ Northampton, Mass. On the reverse of the card is a pencil inscription, "Gates/ Pd/ Col. in Southampton." Presumed to be a part of the Burton N. Gates Collection.

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