Object Number 1955.0061.008

Object Name

Jug (Pitcher)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Jonathan Fenton (Maker)
7/18/1766-1848

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Made in Boston on Lynn Street.

Date

1793-1796

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Shoulder; Impressed "BOSTON"

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Stamped (impressed), Incised, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

11.625 (H) , 7.75 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.527 (H) , 19.685 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 105, no. 116, Jonathan Fenton, Boston MA, 1794-96
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 27, fig. 11.
[Article] Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 09//1989 American Stoneware in the collection of Arthur and Esther Goldberg. Antiques. 568-581.
• Related: Information on Fenton and another jar made by him. p. 571-573, pl. VII.
[Book] Skerry, Janine E. & Hood, Suzanne Findlen. 2009 Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.
• Somewhat similar form bottle attributed to Jonathan Fenton, Boston, 1793-96: p. 212, fig. 36