Large two-handled redware jar

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Large two-handled redware jar

Entry/Object ID

871

Description

Large two-handled redware jar, brown in color. Jar is fatter in middle than at top and bottom. Two incised lines run around upper body from handle to handle. Horizontal crack running around widest part of body, with a triangular crack that radiates from horizontal crack below one handle and ending in a point about three inches above base. There is a large, oval-shaped chip out of neck that measures approximately three inches by one inch. There are several small chips out of the handle edges and corners.

Acquisition

Accession

344

Source or Donor

Parziale, Pamela and Reynolds

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1840 - 1850

Material

Ceramic