The incised decoration on this pitcher was done on unfired, leather-hard pottery using an engine-turning lathe. The “1 Qt. Pitcher” Elijah Williams bought from Orlando Ware’s Deerfield, Massachusetts, store for seventeen cents in 1803, might have looked something like this.
Pitcher with engine turned decoration. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1880-010-02/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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