Object Number 2015.0020.002

Object Name

Mug (Shaving mug)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis

Creator (Role)

Charles Coxon (Probable maker)

Place of Origin

North America

Date

1858-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Raised rectangle with canted corners and (illegible) sunken, type face-like inscription, perhaps reading as "CH. COXON / SOUTH AMBOY / N.J."

Materials

Earthenware ("Rockingham ware"); Lead glaze (Rockingham type)

Dimensions (inches)

3.6 (H) , 4.9 (L) , 4 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.1 (H) , 12.4 (L) , 10.1 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
• Similar mug probably from same mold, without shaving soap well: July 20, 2019 sale, lot 75, probably Charles Coxon, South Amboy, NJ, c. 1858-60