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Jar

Date17th century

OriginEngland, London

MediumCoarse earthenware; lead glaze

DimensionsOH: 10 1/4"; OW: 10 1/4" (body at widest point)

Credit LineGift of the Dayton Art Institute on behalf of Mrs. Harry L. Munger and Mrs. Julia B. McCoy in memory of their mother, Mrs. E.E. Barney

Object number2022-63

DescriptionJar: Slightly bulbous jar rises to everted rim, internally dished; a band of thumb-impressions just below the rim; weak cordons below the thumb impressions. The entire object of pinkish orange body with interior lead glaze and some drips or remains of exterior lead glaze.
Label TextWith a row of thumb impressions just below the rim, this jar closely parallels examples recovered archaeologically at Martin’s Hundred, Jamestown, and other 17th century sites in early America. Made in London, the form and decoration clearly shows the influence London potters had on 17th century Virginia potter Thomas Ward who worked in a similar style.
ProvenanceOnly jar unearthed at Jamestown completely intact, found by Louise J. Barney in 1906 in the ruins of the Widow Laurence's Inn, destroyed by fire during Bacon's Rebellion, 1676.

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