Jar

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
Datec. 1870–1905
Possible placeAthens, Texas, United States
Possible placeCanton, Texas, United States
MediumAlbany slip-glazed earthenware
Dimensions8 × 7 1/4 in. diameter (20.3 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mrs. Paul Arnold
Object numberB.86.10
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Straight-sided cylindrical shape jar with dark brown glaze. Top of rim is unglazed.  Albany slip is a lustrous brown slip formed from mixing water with a brown clay mined near Albany, New York, as well as in other parts of the United States.


Book excerpt: Warren, David B., Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


ProvenanceMrs. Paul Arnold, Houston; given to MFAH, 1986.
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