Object Number 1957.0119.001 A, B

Object Name

Water cooler (Water cooler and cover)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Amos Seavey (Probable maker)

Place of Origin

Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1840-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Front; Stamped (impressed) words: "AMOS SEAVEY/ CHELSEA." Below this is a large stamped (impressed) "8"

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Incised, Stamped (impressed), Painted

Dimensions (inches)

19.488 (H) , 13.189 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

49.5 (H) , 33.5 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 111, no. 127, maker Amos Seavey, Chelsea MA, c. 1850
[Web Site] Brooklyn Museum of Art Database record for wine press. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1048/Wine_Press
• Seavey winepress online record at http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1048/Wine_Press
[Book] 1850 The Sixth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association at Faneuil and Quincy Halls, in the City of Boston, September, 1850.
• Located through google ebooks. References to Seavey on p.91, exhibition entries 1334 and 182.