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Datec. 1710–1720

Made inNottingham, England

MediumSalt-glazed stoneware

Dimensions2 1/2 × 3 in. (6.4 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Jameson

Object numberB.85.17

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Murphy Room

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DescriptionGerman and Dutch potters introduced the technique of making salt-glazed stoneware to England in the seventeenth century. Durable and hygienic, salt-glazed stoneware gained great popularity in the eighteenth century, eventually surpassing that of delftware. While English potters made salt-glazed stoneware with various body colors and decorated it with colored slips and enamels, much was white with molded decoration and sometimes with elaborate piercings. Beginning in the late 1600s, Nottingham became a center for the production of salt-glazed stoneware with a thin wash of iron-bearing clay that yielded its characteristic dark brown color.
Provenance[Wynn A. Sayman, Richmond, Massachusetts]; purchased by MFAH, 1985.
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