Jug

Ceramic

Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Jug

Entry/Object ID

1416

Acquisition

Notes

Credit Line: Donor Unknown Means of Accession: gift

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Place

State

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Diam, Height: 3 3/4x10 7/16 in

Height

10-7/16 in

Diameter

3-3/4 in

Material

cobalt, Stoneware, salt glaze

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 decoration.