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<object xmlns:xs="//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><field name="primaryMedia"><value>https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/29629/full</value></field><field label="Title" name="title"><value>Molasses jug</value></field><field label="Date" name="displayDate"><value>late 19th century</value></field><field label="Artist / Maker" name="people"/><field label="Dimensions" name="dimensions"><value>Overall: 24 × 20 cm (9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)</value></field><field label="Medium" name="medium"><value>Stoneware</value></field><field label="Credit Line" name="creditline"><value>The Raphael Yu Collection</value></field><field label="Geography" name="geography"><value>Manufactured: Picton, Ontario, Canada</value></field><field label="Object number" name="invno"><value>T10.6.366</value></field><field label="On View" name="onview"><value>1</value></field><field label="Description" name="description"><value>From the sales record: A fat-bodied 1 gal molasses jug incised in five lines: J.G. Huffman, Wholesale $ Retail, Chemists and Druggists, Front Street, Napanee". While not makred, this is certainly a Canada West era piece, made by the Picton Potteries. Beautiful chocolate coloured glaze with a slighly metallic finish. I have always appreciated the form and exaggerated mouth on these Picton molasses jugs. Excellent condition with a nearly invisible 3" hairline at the rear that runs into the base of the handle. This is mentioned for complete accuracy, but it is very minor damage.</value></field><field label="Collections" name="collections"><value>The Raphael Yu Collection</value><value>19th and early 20th Century Ceramics</value><value>Canadian Ceramics in the 1800s</value><value>Ceramics for the Canadian Market</value></field><field label="Relations" name="rels"><value>[]</value></field><field label="Classifications" name="classification"><value>North American</value></field><field label="Sub-classification" name="subclassification"><value>Canadian</value></field><field label="Sub-classification 2" name="subclassification2"><value/></field><field label="Sub-classification 3" name="subclassification3"><value/></field><field label="Width" name="width"/><field label="Height" name="height"/><field label="Depth" name="depth"/><field label="Id" name="id"><value>185672</value></field><field label="Source ID" name="sourceId"><value>9532</value></field><field label="Culture" name="culture"><value>Canadian</value></field><field label="Period" name="period"><value>Canada West</value></field><field label="Markings" name="markings"><value>Incised "J.G. Huffman, Wholesale &amp; Retail, Chemists and Druggists, Front Street, Napanee"</value></field><field label="Media" name="media"><value mediaImageURL="https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/29629/full" rank="0" publicAccess="true" pixelWidth="419" pixelHeight="570" mediaRenditionNumber="T10.6.366" mediaID="29629"/></field></object>