Storage Jar
Dateca. 1750
OriginEngland, London
MediumBrown salt-glazed stoneware
Credit LineGift of Mr. Ricks Wilson
Object number1975-339
DescriptionBrown salt-glazed stoneware storage jar. This jar was dipped in an iron oxide wash to create a dark brown band around the top half of the vessel, while the bottom half was left light brown. Ovoid shape with narrow foot and high rounded shoulders tapering to a more narrow, banded neck and rim.Label TextThis brown stoneware vessel is essentially gray-colored clay with a thin wash of iron oxide, a common technique on stoneware in England and parts of Germany. Storage jars of this type were made in the thousands and imported into America throughout the eighteenth century. They were intended to store liquid or dry foodstuffs such as pickles and flour.---Inspiration and Ingenuity: American Stoneware
Exhibition curated by Suzanne Findlen Hood at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, February 2007
