Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jug

Ceramic

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jug

Entry/Object ID

591

Acquisition

Notes

Credit Line: Donor Unknown Means of Accession: gift

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Place

State

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Diameter

7 in

Height

26.67 cm

Diameter

17.78 cm

Material

Stoneware, salt glaze, cobalt

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Salt-glaze stoneware were some of the first American-made ceramics marked by their manufacturer. This new development was a sign of the increasing status of ceramics in the United States. These two jugs are typical examples of this medium with the gray body and cobalt blue