520 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



WARES OF THE SECOND PERIOD. 



JxTG. Old form in stoneware, AA'ith salt glaze of grayiHh-l)r(nvn shade. Employed for 

 holding oil, etc. Date, 1845. Plate 6, fig. 1. 

 Height, Sk inches; diameter, 4 inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 178464. 

 Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Preserve JAR. Gray salt glaze stoneware, slipped inside with "Albany clay," the 

 slip giving a smooth, dark-pui'ple enamel. The jar shows mark of the turning. 

 Sealed by settling a convex tin cover in a slot at the mouth of the jar and secur- 

 ing with sealing wax. Date, 1872. Plate 6, fig. 2. 



Height, 11- inches; diameter at base, 5| inches; at top, 3j inches. 



Morgantown, West Virginia. 178461. 



Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Preserve jar. Fine specimen of the best type of salt glaze stoneware, carefully 

 thrown and finished. The color is uniform and pleasing. The clay from which 

 it is made is said to be the best ever discovered at Greensboro, but has been 

 exhausted for many years. Turned by Alex. V. Boughner, at Greensboro, 

 Pennsylvania, in 1860. Plate 6, fig. 3. 



Height, 7 inches; diameter, 4i inches. 

 Greensboro, Pennsylvania. 178453. 

 Gift of Alex. V. Boughner. 



Preserve jar. Brownish-gray salt glaze stoneware resembling the Flemish ware. 

 Sealed in the old style by tying oiled paper around the mouth. This is one of 

 the earliest pieces of stoneware made at Morgantown, West Virginia. Date, 

 1850. Plate 6, fig. 4. 



Height, 6 inches; diameter, 3| inches. 



Morgantown, West Virginia. 



Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Muffin kings. Rings of salt glaze stoneware used for baking gems or " i^opovers." 

 Date, 1849. Plate 6, fig. 5. 



Diameter, 3i inches; height, If inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 96596. 

 Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Flowerpot. Gray stoneware with salt glaze. The outer surface is overlaid with 

 clay representations of Brazil-nut shells in low relief, forming an effective deco- 

 ration. Made by Greenland Thompson about 1870. Plate 7, fig. 1. 



Height, 3 inches; diameter,?^ inches. 



Morgantown, West Virginia. 96933. 



Deposited by Miss Clara Hough. 



Cream pitcher. Gray stoneware with salt glaze. Decoration, the branch of a rose- 

 bush in leaf and flower applied in relief to surface of pitcher. Made by Green- 

 land Thompson about 1873. Plate 7, fig. 2. 



Height, 3| inches; diameter, 24 inches. 



Morgantown, West Virginia. 95131. 



Deposited by Miss Clara Hough. 



Flowerpot. Gray salt glaze stoneware. The outer surface is overlaid with clay 

 representations of pine cones in low relief, taken from molds made from the 

 subjects. Made by Greenland Thompson about 1873. Plate 7, fig. 3. 



Height, 5| inches; diameter, 7^ inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 95932. 

 Deposited by Miss Clara Hough. 



