I assume Mike is referring to that speckle "painted" enamel ware...black
spots on gray (if I remember correcty what my old wood stove coffee pot
looks like).  But would they have called an enamel ware vessel a "jar"....a
bowl, pitcher, etc. I could see...but a jar implies a closable lid doesnt
it?   Or am I showing my ignorance again?

At 12:36 PM 2/6/04 -0500, Mike wrote:
>I suspect that what you may be looking at is "granite ware"
>which were actually metal containers overlain with enamel, hence the alternate
>name "enamel ware".