CultureEnglish
Datec. 1755–1770
Made inEngland
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions1 1/2 × 16 in. diameter (3.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mary Catherine Miller
Object numberB.2012.7
Non exposé
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DescriptionIn 1672, John Dwight received a patent for the production of salt-glazed stoneware, a ceramic body admired for being more durable than earthenware. Whereas London was the site of its earliest production, by the 1720s Staffordshire had superseded it as the principal center for its manufacture. Salt-glazed stoneware possessed a broad appeal to the domestic market, as well as to the emerging one in Britain’s American colonies. It maintained this popularity until the final quarter of the 18th century and the invention of creamware.
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