Figure 24 Jar, Morgan and Amoss, Baltimore, 1820. Salt-glazed stoneware. H. 14 1/2". Inscribed in freehand on bottom: “Morgan & Amoss Makers Baltimore 1820.” This rare jar is incised with two large, fanciful birds—one looking forward, the other looking behind—surrounded by graceful floral designs. The vessel has been reinforced with an old piece of copper wire placed under the rim. The decorative style and elements match those on an unsigned flowerpot previously attributed to Henry Remmey Jr. (see Zipp, Ceramics in America [2004], p. 154). The fact that both vessels show a backward-looking bird with slanted eyes standing on pointed leaves next to seven-petaled flowers and rounded flowering shoots suggests that both pieces were made by Morgan and Amoss, or perhaps both makers used the same decorator.
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