Figure 14 Jar, probably Samuel Butter, Clarksburg, West Virginia,
ca. 1820. Earthenware. H. 10 1/4". (Courtesy, Ceramics and Glass Collection,
National Museum of American History.) This cylindrical string-tie storage
jar has trailed viscous dark slip and brushed white and green slip. The
decoration resembles that on the sherds illustrated in fig. 9.