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Bottle

Dateca. 1823

Attributed to Edward Webster (1801-1884)

OriginAmerica, North Carolina, Fayetteville

MediumAlbany Slip-glazed stoneware

DimensionsOH: 9in.; OD: 5 1/2"

Credit LineGift of Richard and Barbara Best

Object number2015-343

DescriptionOvoid-shaped bottle with narrow reeded neck and extruded handle attached near top of neck and top of shoulder. The entire bottle coated in Albany-type slip. Incised decoration on shoulder opposite the handle depicting a leafy, branching tree or bush springing forth from a small flower pot.
Label TextChester, Edward and McCloud “Mack” Webster were three of a number of their family employed at pottery factories in Hartford, Connecticut. In Hartford they learned how to make salt-glazed stoneware with distinctive incised decoration. The jug ornamented with the image of a soldier is typical of the everyday wares produced by the Goodwin & Webster factory in Hartford, owned by McCloud Webster and Horace Goodwin (1959.900.2). This bottle was made in North Carolina after McCloud’s nephews Edward and Chester moved there. These pieces are illustrative of a larger trend among potting families during the nineteenth century.

ProvenanceRichard and Barbara Best