Storage Jar
Dateca. 1850
Attributed to
Cain Pottery Manufactory
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (redware)
DimensionsOH: 12 3/8 in; OW (widest point of body): 10 1/16 in.; Diameter of mouth: 7 1/4 in. (31.4 × 25.6 × 18.4cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund
Object number2020.900.5
DescriptionStorage jar of ovid shape with everted rim and rolled foot; three concentric incised lines at shoulder serving as guides for attaching the two elongated pulled handles applied to opposite sides of the vessel, the terminals with thumb or finger print indentations. Decorated with splashes of manganese across the surface and covered with dipped lead glaze. Unglazed foot and about an inch from base of jar.ProvenanceEx collection Roddy Moore.
Ex collection Marcus King.
1820-1840
1820-1845
1865-1885
1841 (dated)
ca. 1830
ca. 1750
ca. 1895
ca. 1880
ca. 1845
1855-1887
1821-1822
1839-1843