Olla from central Mexico. Glazed upper body and interior are a dark brownish-red. The jar has a round body, tall neck, and flared lip. Two loop handles extend upright on opposite sides of shoulder. No lid.

Blue and white porcelain jar (part a) with separate lid (part b). Jar has a short straight neck, gently rounded shoulder, and a flat base with a raised foot; lid is circular, flat, and has straight sides. Neck and top of jar shoulder are unglazed; bottom of shoulder has a wide band decorated with a Greek key-like motif and plain lines. Band around foot is decorated with plain lines. Sides of jar have large "double happiness' symbols with a peony alternating above and below the symbols. Rest of jar surface is covered in curling vines; base is undecorated. Lid has large "double happiness" symbol on top, surrounded by small vines; edges around top and sides of lid are decorated with plain lines.

Famille rose porcelain jar (part a) with a separate lid (part b). Jar has a straight lip and slightly rounded shoulder before gently tapering to base; base is concave and has raised foot. Two slightly protruding, gourd-shaped handles on each side of jar. Jar opening and foot are trimmed with wide decorative bands. Border along opening is of alternating curvilinear and inverted triangular motifs; dots inside each shape. Bottom has border of alternating semi-circular and curvilinear motifs; dots and lines inside curvilinear designs. Sides of jar have moth, floral, and vine motifs covering entire surface. Lid is semi-circular with a large angled lip; long flange extends from where lip and main body of lid meet. Carving of creature, holding a red ball, functions as knob of lid. Lid lip decorated with floral and vines motifs; rest of lid has identical designs as sides of jar. Red seal stamped on centre of jar base; additional tag attached to base.

Small container with rectangular opening and circular base (part a), with a separate lid (part b). Each edge of the container opening has a semi-circular indent in the centre. Sides of container have large imprinted semi-circles, extending from the top edge to the middle of the body. All are coloured a metallic grey-brown, from raku firing. All other parts of exterior are glazed. Bottom edges of semi-circles are coloured red-brown. Rest of body is a dark olive green. Artist signature on base. Lid (part b) has a rectangular base and rounded top. Protruding semi-circles in centres of each edge, fitting into indents along top of container. Bottom half of lid is unglazed and coloured a light grey. Three lightly incised lines border edges. Top is glazed and plain white. Interior of container and lid are metallic grey.

Rounded rectangular container with four short feet (part a) and separate lid (part b). Both components have a rough texture and are mottled. Colours range from maroon, dark purple to dark orange. Base of container has swirls of metallic greys, blues and greens. Interiors of both are dark grey with silver sheens. Lip of container has a sloped edge. Along the opening there are two triangular protrusions. Seam along back left corner. Small green felt pads are attached to the curved feet. Artist signature on base. Lid (part b) curves upwards, towards the right end, and has long sides. Two triangular indents along bottom edge, fitting over the protrusions along the top edge of the container. Short “U” shaped handle in centre of lid. Handle is hand-moulded.

One white (milk) glass medicinal jar fragment. A vertical mold seam is present on one side of the jar fragment that extends halfway down the lip of the base where it intersects a horizontal mold seam that appears it would extend around the circumference of the base if the jar was complete. Grant J. Snitker 4/19/2011 Catalog Level is blank, bag tag reads Level: 0-10 cmbs. Kelsey J. Keizur 3/12/2009

fitted pieces; diam. 45

fragment; clear; screw top; total includes 2 vitrified frags

"Mathias & Harrison, Patent, 10 oz." on base; screw lid; clear with green hue

Original CatalogNotes & References: FRUIT JAR - MASONDates Range: CA 1900Mark/Pattern: "...ON"Modern (less than 50 years old):