Artist/Maker

Craven family __Attributed to

Place Made

Date Made

circa 1830-1840

Medium

stoneware –alkaline-glazed

Dimensions

HOA: 9 1/2″; DOA: 6 7/8″

Accession Number

5813.95

Description

DESCRIPTION: slender alkaline-glazed stoneware jar with flat rim and incised decoration. Nearly opaque, deep brown alkaline glaze with slight irridescence. On one face, the figure of a man, possibly Native American, is incised into the clay. He is depicted over a rectangular form, possibly intended to represent a block house. The opposite face is incised with a bust-length image of a male figure with facial hair.

Isaac H. Craven is known to have used a special deposit of iron-rich sand in his alkaline glaze, which may account for the deep brown of this vessel.

Credit Line

The William C. and Susan S. Mariner Collection