Jug
Dateca. 1790
Attributed to
Wedgwood
(Est. 1759)
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware)
DimensionsOH: 11 3/4"; OL: 13 3/8" (handle to handle); OD: 9 3/4".
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rumford, II.
Object number1984-236
DescriptionJug: lead-glazed cream-colored earthenware (creamware) jug of hooped barrel shape with slightly curved upturned spout opposite an extruded ear-shaped handle. A small lug handle below the spout.The base impressed with a "6" and an elongated s-shaped comma.MarkingsThe base impressed with a "6" and an elongated s-shaped comma.
ProvenanceOriginally owned by Charles Carrol of Carrolton [Carrolton Manor, Frederick County, MD]. Sold in Ellicot City, Maryland, probably from the contents of Doughoregan Manor. Given by Elizabeth Tyson Smith (Mrs. John Smith) to Lewis H. Rumford II, October 17, 1977 [Wilmington, Delaware]. Then in 1984 given by the donors to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation [Williamsburg, VA].
