2 gallon jar with lid

1830-1880

Maker

Possibly R.J. Grier Pottery (1828-1902)

Measurements

12-3/8 in x 8-1/4 in (dia)

Materials

Cobalt-blue decorated salt-glazed stoneware

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.754

Inscription

“2” is stamped into the side near the top.

Condition Notes

The lid, which is probably not original to this jar, is cracked in half.  The button finial or knob in the center is chipped.  The jar was used as a planter, and the interior walls are lined with some kind of white-colored film.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

This 2-gallon jar was turned on a potter's wheel, but the top and bottom parts of the body moved out of round before the jar was fired.  The cobalt-blue decoration has three repeats of flowers with leafy stems that encircle the jar below a molded recess near a thick rim.  The treatment of these motifs suggests a tie to Grier pottery.  Grier operated a kiln in East Nottingham, near Oxford, Pennsylvania.

The lid that accompanies this jar is of different clay and glaze.  It is likely not original.