CIRCA 1880 LARGE STONEWARE ALBANY GLAZE CROCK

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Large American stoneware crock, late 19th c., all-over brown Albany slip glaze, applied strap handles. Stands 12” tall. Measures 8 ¾” in diameter at lip; approx. 13” in diameter at widest point; 7 ¼” in diameter at the base. Has decorative detailing around the circumference approx. 1/3 of the way down from the top. Approx. 1/3 of the way up from the bottom there are three indented lines, also around the circumference. Scattered minor chips to the surface, mainly confined to the two areas shown in the photographs above.  A larger chip is present along the edge of the lip, approx. 1 ¼” x 1/2".  There is also a chip on the handle of the lid, but there is glaze present on it so that likely occurred before it was fired. Otherwise in very fine condition.

Glazes made from natural clay slip began to be used by North American stoneware potters in the early nineteenth century and are the second most common glaze on North American utilitarian stoneware. Slip, a creamy mixture of clay and water applied to the surface of stoneware vessels, melts in the high temperatures of the kiln to form a glaze. Slip glazes were especially popular during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Perhaps the best known of these treatments is Albany slip.  Generally chocolate brown from the high iron content of the clay, the color of Albany slip could vary from to black to reddish brown and even olive green, based on various firing factors, such as an oxidizing atmosphere in the kiln, or yellowish bleaching caused by deposits of fly ash during a wood firing. Originally created from alluvial clays mined from New York State, the term has come to refer to any dark brown or black firing slip clay (Greer 1981:265). Use of Albany slip began in the first quarter of the nineteenth century around the Albany area, but use was widespread by mid-century . Especially popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Albany slip was used both on the interior and exterior of stoneware vessels.  [ld] [ph:L]

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