Antique Stoneware "Ring Jug" with Cobalt slip decoration

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ANTIQUE STONEWARE "RING JUG" 1850-1910 Diameter: 6.25 inches Length: 8.5 inches Weight: 14 oz Ring jugs found with two but sometimes four loop handles along its shoulders. Certain types, like the marbled “ Pilgrim Jugs ” from Northern Italy and eastern France (circa 15-17th century), had an attached base. Others, like the English “ Costrel Jug ,” (circa 15 – 17th century) were simply two plates fused together. But most were a thrown hollow ring. The ring could be short and thick, like those of the North Carolina Moravians . Or extremely wide and thin. Some were glazed redware, some salt fired stoneware. Some were highly ornate, others plain.This unusual shape could be found as far away as Russia and Ukraine, where ice was packed in the middle to dispense chilled vodka or kvass (rye beer). Far away from Europe and long after these times, some modern Cubans use unglazed pedestaled rings filled with water and put in front of fans as a sort of passive air conditioner. But anything this unusual and somewhat difficult to throw was (and is) as much an excuse to show off one’s potting skills as to provide any particular function.This particular example has the look of stoneware made on the Eastern seaboard, from New England and New York State, Ohio or Pennsylvania, made from the mid 19th century to the early 20th century.Wonderful cobalt read more

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