Jar Fragment
Original OwnerOriginally owned by the
Leffingwell family
American
MakerMade by
Unknown
Dateearly-mid 19th century
MediumWheel-thrown stoneware with a salt glaze and brown slip glaze
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 5/8 x 2 x 1 7/8in. (1.6 x 5.1 x 4.8cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Elmer Davenport Keith
DescriptionTriangular fragment of grey stoneware with a salt glaze on the exterior and a brown slip glaze, or Albany-type glaze, on the interior. The salt glaze exterior has a green tint, and there is a chip in the brown slip glaze. The exterior of the fragment has raised and impressed lines; the fragment is from the rim of an ovoid or cylindrical jar.
Object number1958.16.4
NotesHistorical Note: According to museum records, this fragment was found in the Leffingwell House in Norwich, Connecticut. Christopher Leffingwell was an eighteenth-century retailer and potter in Norwich, Connecticut. According to Lura Watkins', "Early New England Potters and Their Wares", as early as 1766, Leffingwell built a paper and grist mill, a chocolate mill, and a pottery, all along the Yantic River in Norwich. In 1792, Charles Lathrop, Leffingwell's son-in-law, was running the pottery. In 1796, Lathrop sold the pottery to Christopher Potts and his son, and the pottery is said to have gone out of business before 1815. According to Mary E. Perkins, "Old Houses of the Ancient town of Norwich," Leffingwell gave a house to his son William, who sold it to Epaphras Porter, who tore it down in 1850. In 1944, Lura Woodside Watkins confirmed that there was a house and stoneware kiln on the site, along the banks of the Yantic river. The fragment could have come from a Norwich pottery, operating during its last years of business, or been imported from another place and used on-site by inhabitants of the house before it was torn down. (Hunt 1/10/2005)Subject Terms
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