Jar

Place Made
Edgefield County South Carolina United States of America
Date Made
1830-1860
Medium
stoneware –alkaline-glazed
Dimensions
HOA: 13 1/2″; WOA: 11 1/2″
Accession Number
5813.57
Description
This wheel-thrown stoneware jar is characteristic of pottery produced in factories operated largely with slave labor in the Edgefield area of South Carolina. Four slashes incised on the vessel denote the capacity of the jar, around four gallons. On opposite sides of the shoulder are lug handles The shape of the handles, overall form, and tucked-in neck of the jar are characteristic elements of jars made in the Edgefield area. The piece is glazed with a brown alkaline glaze. Alkaline glaze is a mix of clay and ash or lime that acted as a flux.

Baldwin, Cinda K. “Great and Noble Jar: Traditional Stoneware of South Carolina.” Athens, GA: UGA Press, 1993.

Calfas, George.” Nineteenth Century Stoneware Manufacturing at Pottersville, South Carolina.” Ph.D. Diss., Department of Anthropology, Univ. of Illinois, 2013.

Wingard, Philip. “From Baltimore to the South Carolina Backcountry: Thomas Chandler’s Influence on 19th-Century Stoneware.” CERAMICS IN AMERICA, 2013, 38-76.

Credit Line
The William C. and Susan S. Mariner Collection