Storage Jar
Date1820-1826
Maker
Adam States Jr.
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 9 in (22.86cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Ann Crossman Berry
Object number2026-130
DescriptionStorage jar: salt-glazed stoneware jar of ovoid shape with ribbing at the mouth and ribbed lug handles applied to the high shoulder of either side of the body. The jar decorated with an incised floral motif below the impressed stamped name “ABBY , CROSS” both daubed with cobalt blue. The other side of the body stamped with the name of the potter “A. STATES” also daubed with cobalt. The handle terminals picked out in cobalt, as well. The interior with an iron-rich slip.Label TextMade in Stonington, Connecticut, around 1820–1826, by the second generation of States potters, this jar was a presentation piece made for Abby Hinckley Cross. Abby was from Stonington, but after she married, she moved to the neighboring town of Westerly, Rhode Island. Since the piece bears her married name Cross, it may have been made at the time of her marriage to George Dilwyn Cross.Inscription(s)The jar decorated with an incised floral motif below the impressed stamped name “ABBY , CROSS” daubed with cobalt blue.Mark(s)One side of the body stamped with the name of the potter “A. STATES” daubed with cobalt.
