Jar
MakerMade by
Peter Cross
American, born 1778
Dateabout 1810
MediumWheel-thrown stoneware with a salt glaze and cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including handles x depth): 12 3/8 x 9 x 7 7/8in. (31.4 x 22.9 x 20cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionRound, wide-mouthed, yellow/grey stoneware jar with a salt glaze on the exterior and a brown glaze on the interior. The jar is decorated with hand-painted cobalt blue as well as incised lines. The jar has two pulled lug handles. The handles are pressed against the jar along their full length, attaching completely to the side of the jar just below the neck. The base of each end of each handle is decorated with hand-painted cobalt blue. A band of incised lines circle the neck of the jar. The same maker's mark, "P.CROSS/ HARTFORD", is stamped twice on opposite sides of the jar, between the handles. On one side, beneath the mark, is an incised flower with four petals. The petals and center are filled in with cobalt blue. On the opposite side of the jar, below the mark, incised lines create a horizontal, decorative bracket with a scalloped edge. This is also filled in with cobalt blue. The glazed exterior surface of the jar has small indentations and bumps, as is expected on a stoneware object. Some of the indentations have accumulated dirt, and many spots of an unknown green substance are adhered to the different surfaces of the jar. There are a series of cracks in the surface of the jar, beneath one of the handles. Beneath the opposite handle is an area of a sticky substance, possibly the remnant of a sticker. It appears that a rectangular paper label was adhered to the side of the jar, to the left of the flower, at one time. There are two chips at the foot of the jar and two at the rim.
Object number1957.28.5
MarkingsThere are two marks on the sides of the jar and two on the bottom. The same maker's mark, "P.CROSS/ HARTFORD" is stamped twice on opposite sides of the jar, between the handles. The number "9980" is hand-written in pencil on the bottom of the jar, and hand-written in pen on a small, white, textile label adhered to the ceramic.InscribedThe number "9980" is hand-written in pencil on the bottom of the jar.Subject Terms
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