Name/Title
Large earthenware storage jarEntry/Object ID
786Description
Large earthenware storage jar with dark brown glaze around top. Glaze was allowed to run down side of jar. Handles formed into the sides. Circa 1820.
Made by John Swann of Wilkes Street Pottery, Alexandria, VA. The Wilkes Street Pottery produced stoneware and some earthenware from 1813 to 1876 under three different owners: John Swann, Hugh Smith and B. C. Milburn. Rescue excavations in 1977 recovered more than 16,000 artifacts from the waster piles, and stoneware produced at Wilkes Street has been found on many other sites. Records show that African Americans, both free and slave, worked at the pottery under the tenure of each owner.Acquisition
Accession
79Source or Donor
Read, Eleanor PerryAcquisition Method
Gift