JOHN SWANN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA STONEWARE JUG
JOHN SWANN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA STONEWARE JUG, salt-glazed with upper iron-oxide wash, reversed "3" gallon capacity mark with partially coggled border, bold ovoid form with single incised shoulder ring, tall two-ring/reeded mouth, and grooved strap handle. John Blake Swann (1789-aft. 1831), "Stone-Ware Manufactory" / Wilkes Street Pottery, Alexandria, VA. 1810-1819. 16 1/2" H.
Undamaged.
Literature: Parallels - Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2012, p. 119, fig. 3 and p. 121, fig. 7, "'Stone-ware of excellent quality, Alexandria manufacture' Part I: The Pottery of John Swann", by Barbara H. Magid.
Provenance: A recent discovery.
Catalogue Note: Swann started his career as a potter near the end of 1803 when he was just fourteen years old. He began learning the trade serving as an apprentice to potter Lewis Plum, one of the first individuals in Alexandria to experiment with the production of stoneware.
Condition Report: Undamaged.
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JOHN SWANN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA STONEWARE JUG, salt-glazed with upper iron-oxide wash, reversed "3" gallon capacity mark with partially coggled border, bold ovoid form with single incised shoulder ring, tall two-ring/reeded mouth, and grooved strap handle. John Blake Swann (1789-aft. 1831), "Stone-Ware Manufactory" / Wilkes Street Pottery, Alexandria, VA. 1810-1819. 16 1/2" H.
Undamaged.
Literature: Parallels - Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2012, p. 119, fig. 3 and p. 121, fig. 7, "'Stone-ware of excellent quality, Alexandria manufacture' Part I: The Pottery of John Swann", by Barbara H. Magid.
Provenance: A recent discovery.
Catalogue Note: Swann started his career as a potter near the end of 1803 when he was just fourteen years old. He began learning the trade serving as an apprentice to potter Lewis Plum, one of the first individuals in Alexandria to experiment with the production of stoneware.
Condition Report: Undamaged.
