Description:
Light tan-bodied bulbous stoneware jar (cover missing) stamp-impressed "T. CRAFTS & CO / WHATELY / 3" in-filled with cobalt blue, over two large blue flowers on wavy stems extending from two leaves, which was owned by the Coolidge family of Orange, Massachusetts. Thomas Crafts (1781-1861) was one of the most successful potters in Whately (a town just south of Deerfield). He started making glazed redware pottery in 1802, developing a successful teapot business; he switched to salt-glazed stoneware in 1833 and was active until 1848, turning over the business to his sons. The sides of the baluster-shaped jar curve out and continue up until approximately one half the distance up and then curve in towards the rim, which supported a cover. Two C-shaped lug handles are on either side of the opening. There are are two rows of incised grooves passing through the handles. The salt-glaze is of medium thickness, and is heavier on the front than the back, and is medium thickness on the rest of the body; the interior is covered with Albany slip. There are cracks on the lower left side, and the cracks on the bottom may be due to liquid freezing on the inside.
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