518 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



Molasses jar. The Hugar purifier was i)laced al)ove the molasses jar in order to 

 catch the drips from the soft sugar. For description of the jar see [)age 518 and 

 explanation of Plate 4, fig. 2. 



Preserve .iar. Terra-cotta body, straight sides, sloping shoulders, and short straight 

 neck. The glaze is opaque, lustrous, and gray-green in color, with cloudings of 

 brown blended into the glaze. This specimen is one of the most artistic and 

 pleasing of the objects remaining from the early pottery at Morgantown. It 

 dates from the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Plate 3, fig. 1. 



Height, 8| inches; diameter, 6i inches. 



Morgantown, West Virginia. 178456. 



Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Spice bottle. Terra-cotta body, sloping sides, fluting around bottom. Lead glaze, 

 dark brown, heavy and lustrous, with obscure mottling or spotting that gives a 

 pleasing broken color. Such bottles were used for containing spices. Date, 

 about 1800. Plate 3, fig. 2. 



Height, 4J inches; diameter, 4 inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 178455. 

 Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Molasses jar. Terra-cotta body, covered with dark brown mottled glaze; amphora 

 shape. For containing molasses and apple butter. Date, about 1820. Plate 



3, fig. 3. 



Height, 11 inches; diameter at top and bottom, 5 and 5i inches; at middle, 8 inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 178459. 

 Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Jug. Red body, pear shape. Glaze red brown, highly lustrous, and with uniform, 

 spirally arranged crackle. Turned in 1849 by William Boughner, at Greensboro, 

 Pennsylvania. Plate 3, fig. 4. 



Height, 8j'g inches; diameter, 6 inches. 

 Greensboro, Pennsylvania. 1784.54. 

 Gift of William Boughner. 



Preserve .iar. Terra-cotta body of usual shape covered with dark-brown lead glaze, 

 with imperfections, giving light brown and yellow effects. Plate 3, fig. 5. 

 Height, 8 inches; diameter, 6j inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 178452. 

 Gift of Hon. J. M. Hagans. 



Pitcher. Terra-cotta body glazed outside and within with a speckled glaze resembling 

 Flemish gray. This glaze was called "china glaze" by the potter; its composi- 

 tion is not known at present. Horizontal rows of alternate ^reen and black 

 circles have been painted on over the glaze and fused, forming a bizarre ornamen- 

 tation. The body of the vessel is ovoid, the spout bent in the neck; the handle 

 is very broad, and the pitcher presents a quaint, old-fashioned appearance. Plate 



4, fig. 1. 



Height, 9f inches; diameter, 7J inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 96594. 

 Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Molasses jar. Terra-cotta body covered with a greenish semitransparent glaze. 

 Where the glaze is thicker the greenish hue predominates, where it is thinner the 

 orange hue of the body shows through. The handle and sides of the jar between 

 the handles are decorated in brown. The handles are lugs for lifting the jar. 

 Plate 2, fig. 1, and Plate 4, fig. 2. 



Height, 13j inches; diameter, 10^ inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 96590. 

 Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



