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Saleratus Jar

A work made of stoneware and salt glaze with cobalt oxide glaze.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of stoneware and salt glaze with cobalt oxide glaze.

Date:

1848

Artist:

George Muk
American, c. 1813–after 1850
Bladensburg, Maryland

About this artwork

Missing its cover, this ovoid stoneware jar has an unusual reddish hue due to the soil composition near Bladensburg, Maryland. The area’s foundation was characterized by red sandstone, which was reinforced by the exposed red soil in nearby Washington, D.C. Mrs. Hannah Craig, for whom this vessel was made, would have used it for the storage of saleratus, a rising agent used to make buckwheat cakes, muffins, doughnuts, and other baked goods.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

George Muk

Title

Saleratus Jar

Place

Bladensburg (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1848

Medium

Stoneware and salt glaze with cobalt oxide glaze

Inscriptions

"Salaratus [sic] Jar. Mrs. Hannah Craig. Made by George Muk, Bladensbur [sic], Dec. the 1st 1848"

Dimensions

16.8 × 12.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mahlon D. Moulds

Reference Number

1920.435

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