Storage Jar
Date1850-1870
Maker
Thomas R. Waddell
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware
DimensionsOH: 9 3/4"; OD: 6 3/4" (body), 4 1/4" (mouth), 5" (base)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2023.900.5
DescriptionStorage Jar: elongated slightly ovoid body rises to trimmed and slightly slumped rim; the body decorated with dots and dashes in cobalt; the high shoulder stamped “T. R. WADDELL” (within an arc) / “VA” (smaller A).Label TextThomas Waddell’s pottery was at Christley’s Run near Boiling Spring in Alleghany County, Virginia. It is unclear exactly where Waddell trained, but he may have honed his skills while working with potter George Fulton in Westmoreland County and in Richmond. Very few decorated examples of Waddell's pottery are known.Mark(s)The high shoulder stamped “T. R. WADDELL” (within an arc) / “VA” (smaller A).
