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Storage Jar

Date1850-1870

Maker Thomas R. Waddell

OriginAmerica, Virginia, Alleghany County, Christley's Run

MediumSalt-glazed stoneware

DimensionsOH: 9 3/4"; OD: 6 3/4" (body), 4 1/4" (mouth), 5" (base)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2023.900.5

DescriptionStorage Jar: elongated slightly ovoid body rises to trimmed and slightly slumped rim; the body decorated with dots and dashes in cobalt; the high shoulder stamped “T. R. WADDELL” (within an arc) / “VA” (smaller A).
Label TextThomas Waddell’s pottery was at Christley’s Run near Boiling Spring in Alleghany County, Virginia. It is unclear exactly where Waddell trained, but he may have honed his skills while working with potter George Fulton in Westmoreland County and in Richmond. Very few decorated examples of Waddell's pottery are known.
MarkingsThe high shoulder stamped “T. R. WADDELL” (within an arc) / “VA” (smaller A).