Jug

1809-1827

Maker

Probably Branch Green (dates unknown)

Measurements

7-1/2 in x 5-1/2 in x 5-1/4 in (dia)

Materials

Salt-glazed stoneware

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation

Accession Number

1977.542

Comments

This bulbous jug with an applied handle has multiple rings around the narrow neck, shaped while the jug was on the potter's wheel.  It also has incised decoration in a ring around the shoulder.  The designs appear to be long and narrow fish separated by other motifs.  Jugs with this kind of incised decoration in this location are generally attributed to Branch Green, a potter from Troy, New York, who made his way south to Philadelphia and established a pottery there.