Pitcher1880–19108 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 5 7/8"Stoneware body with cobalt spongingMuseum of American Folk Art Purchase1981.12.330Tall cylindrical pitcher that tapers slightly from base. Smooth rim to spout, ear-shaped handle. White glazed stoneware body with sponged cobalt decoration.152349203Artist unidentifiedContainersThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24570United StatesUnited StatesOhioNew JerseyThree Dimensional WorksspongewarePOTTERYThe majority of sponge decorated ware is unsigned. As sponging could be done on any clay body, producers tended to identify the type of ware rather than the type od decoration. The history of its manufacture seems to parallel that of yellowware production, the major potteries being located in New Jersey, the Middle West, and Ohio. Pitchers are perhaps the most popular of all forms in this medium and the blue sponged pitcher has virtually become the hallmark of the entire field. Tall pitchers with straight or tapering sides were referred to as water pitchers. In pitchersm the spout forms part of the rim. Wheel thrown pitchers have simple spouts shaped by hand when the clay is wet.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24570http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24570http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2457018801910 1981 12 33 spongewarePOTTERYThe majority of sponge decorated ware is unsigned. As sponging could be done on any clay body, producers tended to identify the type of ware rather than the type od decoration. The history of its manufacture seems to parallel that of yellowware production, the major potteries being located in New Jersey, the Middle West, and Ohio. Pitchers are perhaps the most popular of all forms in this medium and the blue sponged pitcher has virtually become the hallmark of the entire field. Tall pitchers with straight or tapering sides were referred to as water pitchers. In pitchersm the spout forms part of the rim. Wheel thrown pitchers have simple spouts shaped by hand when the clay is wet.