Jar
MakerAttributed to
Abraham Mead
American, 1742 - 1827
Original OwnerOriginally owned by the
Mead family
American
Date1790
MediumWheel-thrown salt-glazed stoneware with cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 6 1/2 x 4 3/8in. (16.5 x 11.1cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionSmall, round stoneware jar with a salt glaze and cobalt blue decoration. The squat, ovoid jar has a small neck and a flared, flat rim. To one side, below the neck, are a group of twenty-one cobalt blue dots arranged in an inverted triangle. Opposite this is the date, "1790", hand-written in cobalt blue. A series of concentric curved lines and ovals covers the bottom of the jar. Portions of the glaze on the jar have been interrupted by projecting stoneware or some sort of yellowish glaze-like substance; this probably occurred at the time of manufacture.
Object number1991.58.2
MarkingsOpposite the triangular cobalt blue decoration is the date, "1790".Subject Terms
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