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Four-Gallon Storage Jar

Dateca. 1880

Maker David Greenland Thompson (1819-1890)

OriginAmerica, West Virginia, Morgantown

MediumSalt-glazed stoneware

DimensionsOH: 14 1/8"; OW: 9 1/2".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1979.900.12

DescriptionStorage Jar: salt-glazed stoneware cylindrical body rises to corded neck and slightly rolled rim; two lug handles flank the body at the shoulder; decorated in cobalt with a whimsical peafowl below a sponged arch and above a sponged ground almost representing a torse; the number "4" sponged between the ground and another sponged line at the foot of the vessel; the fronts of the squared-off lug handles painted with blue; an impressed "4" just above the left side of the cobalt arch; the interior of the jar covered in albany slip.
InscribedThe number "4" sponged between the ground and another sponged line at the foot of the vessel; an impressed "4" just above the left side of the cobalt arch.
MarkingsThe number "4" sponged between the ground and another sponged line at the foot of the vessel; an impressed "4" just above the left side of the cobalt arch.
ProvenancePurchased from Pembroke Antiques, 1971.

Ex Coll: Gerald L. Ballantyne Collection, Wilton Farm, Middlesex County, Virginia.