Jar or Crock
MakerMade by
Orson Hart Seymour
1807-1883
Date1873
MediumWheel-turned stoneware with a salt glaze, brown slip glaze, and cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including handles x depth): 12 x 13 1/4 x 12 1/2in. (30.5 x 33.7 x 31.8cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of J. Doyle DeWitt
DescriptionCylindrical, five gallon, wide-mouthed stoneware jar or crock with a salt glaze on the exterior and a brown slip glaze on the interior. The jar/crock has a flat bottom and cylindrical sides that rise to a flattened, rolled rim. Two pulled lug handles are attached on opposite sides of the jar/crock. The handles are pressed against the jar/crock along their full length, attaching completely to the jar/crock about an inch below the rim. On one side, between the handles and just below the rim, is an impressed mark, "O. H. SEYMOUR/ HARTFORD/ 5". The mark is decorated with a limited amount of cobalt blue. Just below the mark, the individual who decorated the jar/crock, hand-wrote in cobalt blue, "Grant/ President/ 2d Term/ 1873". A short, dashed line is drawn just below the date.
There is crazing over all the exterior glazed surfaces of the jar, and several chips in the brown slip glaze on the interior. Several areas of the glaze on the exterior of the jar/crock have flaked off, most notably where the cobalt blue words decorate the side.
There is crazing over all the exterior glazed surfaces of the jar, and several chips in the brown slip glaze on the interior. Several areas of the glaze on the exterior of the jar/crock have flaked off, most notably where the cobalt blue words decorate the side.
Object number1970.14.0
MarkingsOn one side, between the handles and just below the rim, is an impressed mark, "O. H. SEYMOUR/ HARTFORD/ 5". The mark is decorated with a limited amount of cobalt blue. Just below the mark, the individual who decorated the jar/crock, hand-wrote in cobalt blue, "Grant/ President/ 2d Term/ 1873".NotesSubject Note: Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was elected to a second term as President of the United States in 1872; he was inaugurated in 1873.On View
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