Yellow Earthenware Mold: Wheat Sheaf Design1860–19203 1/2 × 6 × 7 3/4"Lead glazed earthenwareGift of Pfalzgraff Co.1982.9.101531681405Artist unidentifiedTools and EquipmentThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster22964United StatesThree Dimensional WorksYellowware first came to America in the late 1820s but was being produced on a large scale bythe 40sand50s. The height of production was between the 1860s-70s. The English pieces used a yellow glaze on a tellow body. All American pieces have a clear glaze(alkaline). The new pottery was well received because it was replacing the fragile and porous redware with a sturdier product fired at a greater temperature. By 1830s moulds were introduced, but production continued into the 1920s especially in Ohio River Valley and New Jersey potteries. By the end of the Century, East Liverpool with ideal location on banks of the Ohio River and plenty of raw materials was greatest producer of pottery in America. Moulds called corn moulds used to create pleasing form in jellied or baked goods.SCULPTURE
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