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There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: The stoneware churn, produced during the partnership of Orcutt and Wait during a nine-month period in 1816, was used in butter-making. The clay for stoneware vessels produced in Whately was transported by water from New Jersey to Massachusetts. After the vessels were formed and placed in the kiln and a high temperature reached, table salt was thrown in to create a glaze, referred to as a "salt" glaze. The glaze produced a shiny surface. The clay is non-porous, unlike earthenware. Often the potters' names are impressed into the jar and the letters rubbed with cobalt to produce a blue contrast to the gray stoneware.
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Stoneware Churn
creator Orcutt and Wait |
date 1816-1817 |
location Whately, Massachusetts |
height 14.62" |
diameter 6.75" |
process/materials stoneware |
item type Art/Decorative Arts - Pottery |
accession # #2000.20.509 |
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