Jar
Artist
J. C. Waelde
(American, active North Bay, New York, 1851 - 1876)
Date1851-1876
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/8 × 11 11/16in. (25.7 × 29.7cm)
ClassificationsCULINARY ARTIFACTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with funds from the Sarah T. Norris Fund
Terms
Object number80.56
DescriptionSalt-glazed stoneware jar with cobalt and ochre decoration; Albany slip interior; ovoid body with brushed floral decoration.On View
On viewCollections
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Label TextCatharine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stow advised in The New Housekeeper’s Manual (1873), “Preserves and Jellies should be kept in glass or stone, in a cool, dry place, well sealed, or tied with bladder covers. If properly made, and thus put up, they will never ferment.”
