Merry Abbitt Outlaw
A Collection of Curious “Canns”

Ceramics in America 2002

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Mug or “cann,” mottled slip decoration, England, ca. 1685–1695. Slipware. H. 4". (Courtesy, Virginia Department of Historic Resources and Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    “Canns,” mottled slip decoration, England, ca. 1685–1695. Slipware. (Right) H. 5". Catalog nos. COLO J 47308 (left) and COLO J 11806 (right). (Courtesy, National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Detail of “squab” handle terminal, England, ca. 1685–1695. Slipware. COLO J 11806. (Courtesy, National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

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    Figure 4

    Mug, Fulham, England, ca. 1685–1695. Brown salt-glazed stoneware. H. 5". (Courtesy, Virginia Department of Historic Resources and Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) Closely resembling the form of the mottled slipware “canns,” this archaeological example also was found at the William Drummond site in James City County, Virginia.