  |
|
|
|
One Gallon Shoulder Jug with Poison Advertising in Zinc Glaze
This is a shoulder jug manufactured by the Red Wing Union Stoneware Company in the early 1900's for the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This jug has stamped advertising in black ink. The advertising reads: CREAMERY PACKAGE MFG. CO.
This jug is glazed in whiteware, zinc-oxide, glaze with a brown, Albany slip top. What a story this jug must have! Perhaps holding a strong acid might not be the ideal application for early stoneware products. Some of the Albany slip glaze on the top of the jug has been disolved, probably from the acid fumes, and the bottom of the jug shows a significant manufacturing flaw, the bottom started to separate. Did this jug every successfully hold the acid, or did it leak? The jug has been washed out several times over the last many decades and there is no remaining trace of the acid content. This jug has a few of the other usual manufacturing effects, like glaze bubbles and skips that just add more character to the piece. This jug does have some hairlines, predominantly on the bottom and also some very minor flaking on the shoulder. Still, what a story this jug must hold, and you may have difficulty in finding a more interesting conversational piece for your stoneware display! The Red Wing stoneware companies used zinc oxide to provide a brilliant white glaze for their wares. This glaze is commonly referred to as Zinc Glaze. The companies gradually phased in this new glaze from around 1895 to 1900 to replace the salt glaze. After 1900, all stoneware from Red Wing was glazed this way. Shoulder jugs get their name from the unique shape of the jugs, themselves. A tapered top is applied to a crock-like body, leaving a squared-off upper edge called the shoulder. The Red Wing stoneware companies produced jugs in standard sizes ranging from less than one pint to twenty gallons. Jugs were used by homesteaders, schools and businesses alike to store every type of liquid imaginable. The stoneware companies of Red Wing, Minnesota produced stoneware items shortly after their inception in 1877 until the mid-1940's. The shapes of these items ranged widely. However, one overriding attribute describes them all: they were designed to be used. In fulfilling the needs of a developing America, the stoneware companies were hugely successful and their wares were very popular. The popularity of their wares has only increased over time making collecting Red Wing a growing field and exciting hobby!
Parts
Photo Album
|
 |
|
