Jug (Pitcher)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    United States Pottery Company (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1852-1858

  • Materials:

    Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded

  • Museum Object Number:

    2007.0014.001


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2007.0014.001

Object Name

Jug (Pitcher)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis

Creator (Role)

United States Pottery Company (Maker)

Place of Origin

Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

Date

1852-1858

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Raised, diamond-shape mark with scrolled edges and "UNITED STATES/ POTTERY CO."

Subjects

Niagara Falls; American themed ceramics; Niagara Falls

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

Techniques

Molded

Dimensions (inches)

8.898 (H) , 8.78 (L) , 6.457 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.6 (H) , 22.3 (L) , 16.4 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] McCall, Ida. 09//2007 Natural Beauty: Representing Niagra Falls, a porcelain pitcher that reveals an America in the midst of change. Winterthur Magazine. 11.
Published: Fall 2007, p. 11
[Article] Murphy, Laura. 2007 Parian Ware and the Development of an American Identity. American Ceramic Circle Journal. XIV: 133-152.
Cascade pitcher: p. 132, fig. 1, US Pottery Co., Bennington VT, Parian ware, c. 1852-58. H: 8 1/2"; and pp. 136-7
[Book] Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 1989 American Porcelain 1720-1920.
Unglazed version of same pitcher: pp. 145-46, no. 43, United States Pottery Company, Bennington, VT, 1852-58. Impressed mark on molded medallion "UNITED STATES/POTTERY CO./BENNINGTON, Vt."
[Book] Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
Similar model in mottled glaze "Fancy Rockingham" ware: pp. 48-49, no. 38, whith exposed (glazed) yellow ware bottom and "United States/Pottery Co./Bennington, Vt." mark, 1852-58
[Book] Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
Parian model (smear glaze exterior, clear glaze interior) bearing "UNITED STATES / POTTERY CO. /BENNINGTON, Vt." mark: p. 50, no. 39, 1852-58
[Book] Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
Yellow earthenware model marked "PEORIA / POTTERY": pp. 50-51, no. 40, from Illinois, c. 1867-68