Item Name	Earthenware Jug	Image1
Owner(s)	Eby, William K.
Category	Artifacts
Year	Early: 1855 - Late: 1907
Description	This earthenware jug is believed to be an example of Eby Pottery. It is a dull brown in colour with a shiney glaze. There is a single handle set at the side of the neck with a sharply angled shoulder. It tapers slightly to the bottom of the jug in a generally round shape. Areas where the glaze has worn off reveals the red clay material of which it is made. The neck has a piece missing.
Maker\Attribution	William K. Eby Pottery
Collection	Doon Heritage Crossroads Contact : 10 Huron Rd. Kitchener 519-748-1914 www.region.waterloo.on.ca/doon
Accession No.	1971.064.031
References	Webster, D.B. "The William Eby Pottery - Conestogo, Ontario - 1855-1907" Royal Ontario Museum Art and Archaeology Occasional Paper 25 (1971), pp. 30.
Curatorial Comments	Later models of the Eby Pottery had the sharply angled shoulders.

Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.