"Protectiv Tarif" Stoneware Jug
Attr. to William Critchfield (1784-1863)
Morgantown, West Virginia
Circa 1842
Stoneware with buff glaze and cobalt decoration
H: 8”; Diameter: 6”
In 1842 the Whig administration passed an unpopular protective tariff act.
Ceramics scholars Don Horvath and Richard Duez suggested the attribution of this jar based on a signed salt-glazed jar by William Critchfield bearing “Home manufacture. Independence. High tariff. William Crihfield. August 1844.” (See: Ceramics in America 2004, “The Potters and Pottery of Morgan's Town, Virginia: The Earthenware Years, Circa 1796-1854”).
Morgantown, West Virginia
Circa 1842
Stoneware with buff glaze and cobalt decoration
H: 8”; Diameter: 6”
In 1842 the Whig administration passed an unpopular protective tariff act.
Ceramics scholars Don Horvath and Richard Duez suggested the attribution of this jar based on a signed salt-glazed jar by William Critchfield bearing “Home manufacture. Independence. High tariff. William Crihfield. August 1844.” (See: Ceramics in America 2004, “The Potters and Pottery of Morgan's Town, Virginia: The Earthenware Years, Circa 1796-1854”).