The brown pot incident basically demonstrated that Silas
had not lost entirely all his capacity to feel affection of some sort even after the
situation that we went through with William Dane.
When
Silas moved to Raveloe, he had brought with him a brown clay pot that he used for nearly
everything. The importance of the brown pot is that he had had it for over 15 years. It
is one of the very few things that Silas can consider loyal to him. He personified the
brown pot as if it were a friend, or a companion, of many
years.
When he tripped and the brown pot broke, he tried to
put the pieces together but, since it was not possible to use the pot again, he saved
the pot in a special place in his house, as a decoration, (also as a museum piece) to
remind him of his years with the brown pot together, and as a glimmer of affection for
this object which had withstood so much with him.
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