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Jug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-12257

Description

Brown salt glazed stoneware jug, bulbous tapering toward the top with a thin neck and a small "C" handle. It has a curvilinear mouth.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jugs (vessels)
glazing (coating)
salt glaze
stoneware (pottery)
Stoneware
Salt-Glazed
JUG

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16.5 x 8.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1543

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