Large! Antique 19th c Continental Salt Glazed Stoneware Ovoid Jar Signed #1 yqz

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Welcome to Estate Auctions Inc!We are one of the Leading Sellers of Antiques, Collectibles and Quirky items on eBay. We have been selling since 1998 and ALL of our auctions start at .99 cents. We are proud to announce that we maintain a 'FIVE STAR Detailed Seller Rating' and our staff strives for 100% customer satisfaction, our 100% feedback rating will vouch for that. We work with consigners from Coast-To-Coast and work hard to make sure we have top quality items.We are 'Your Quality Zone' - search 'YQZ' to see our other listingsSee Other Listings Large! Antique 19th c Continental Salt Glazed Stoneware Ovoid Jar Signed #1One of an Estate Collection of Stoneware ~ Shabby Chic!We recently acquired a great variety of vintage to antique stoneware from a multi-estate sale in Pennsylvania and will be listing the entire collection over the next week. Be sure to check back daily if you love stoneware as much as we do! In this auction we have a huge salt glazed stoneware jar with a nice ovoid form, signed on the base and attributed to the 19th century. We tried to match the mark, when that didn't work we sent the photos to a friend of ours who has collected stoneware for many years. He attributed it to Continental Europe, possibly Germany or Belgium. Take a look at our photos and let us know if you recognize the mark. It measures approx. 15-3/4" tall with a 4-1/2" diameter rim, 5-5/8" diameter base being 11" at its widest. We are calling it shabby chic though it is structurally sound, there are visible spiderlines throughout the exterior, and a few hairlines along the inside walls but none along the inside of the base, wear to the...keep scrolling there are 21 pictures and more description beneath the photos below!base with a few shallow OLD chips, and 3 spots of tobacco spit (heavy glaze spots) along the top of the jug. Be sure to scroll through our many photos for the best idea of condition and let us know if you recognize the potter. Just one great piece from a large stoneware estate collection! Stoneware as found on the collectorsweekly website (GREAT Site!) Stoneware is the roughhewn cousin of porcelain. Like porcelain, it is fired at very high temperatures (1,200 to 1,400 degrees), literally melting the minerals (usually feldspar) within the clay to create a non-porous ceramic. This makes stoneware an excellent container for food storage, which is why so many 19th- and 20th-century stoneware pieces were made in the shapes of crocks, jugs, jars, and other household items. Stoneware also has terrific insulating properties, which means it keeps items cool, but can also handle the heat. In the late 1700s, Wedgwood and other Staffordshire potteries popularized the ware. Because it is non-porous, stoneware could be used unglazed, but most English potteries glazed their pieces by adding salt to the kiln in which the stoneware was being fired. Upon being heated, the salt would vaporize, leaving a glossy layer of sodium silicate on the object. Just after the Revolutionary War, American potters practiced roughly the same techniques. A rich vein of feldspathic clay ran through Staten Island and New Jersey, so New York and its neighbor became centers for stoneware. Famous 19th-century potter families included Morgan of New Jersey and Crolius and Remmey of New York. Farther afield there were the Nortons of Vermont and Hamiltons of Pennsylvania. All produced egg-shaped jugs, barrel-shaped water coolers, and cylindrical butter churns. Since salt glazing was not a perfect science, potters in northern New York devised a brown liquid known as Albany slip to seal the interiors of their pieces. Sometimes the slip was also poured over the outside of items to give them a darker hue and enable potters to scratch designs and legends onto their surfaces. Toward the end of the 19th century, spongeware glazing treatments were also found on stoneware. Though initially dominated by potters, a few factories used stoneware to produce comm... read more

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