Object Number 1959.1780

Object Name

Pot (Jar)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Thomas Warne (Maker)
9/3/1763-10/13/1813

Joshua Letts (Maker)-1815

Thomas Warne and Joshua Letts (Maker)
1806-1813

Place of Origin

South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1806

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Side of jar; Stamped (impressed) "WARNE & LETTS 1806/S.AMBOY.N.JERSEY"

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Stamped (impressed)

Dimensions (inches)

8.661 (H) , 8.071 (L) , 7.874 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22 (H) , 20.5 (L) , 20 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Fragments and pitcher by same maker, signed: p. 36, pl. 17, four fragments (one signed) from Warne and Letts Pottery site, c. 1800-1813; p. 161, no. 206, jug dated 1807
[Article] Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 09//1989 American Stoneware in the collection of Arthur and Esther Goldberg. Antiques. 568-581.
• Jar by same makers: pls. III, IIIa, impressed "LIBERTY FOR EV (sic)" and "S.AMBOY.N.JERSEY"
[Book] Branin, M. Lelyn. 1988 The Early Makers of Handcrafted Earthenware and Stoneware in Central and Southern New Jersey.
• Essay on Warne and Letts: pp. 70-75
[Thesis] Davis, Kathryn Jo. 1986 Warne and Letts Stoneware: A Case Study in Ceramic Interpretation. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
• Essay on Warne and Letts: pp. 70-75.
[Thesis] Racine, Laurel Ann. 1997 Re-examination after Excavation:The Problems of Attributing Wares to Three New Jersey Stoneware Potteries. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
• Discusses fragment with similar pattern found at the Warne and Letts site.
[Catalogue] Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
• Listing for marked Warne and Letts jug dated 1807: March 5, 2011 sale, lot 274.
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Warne and Letts's jar: Greivo sale, May 5, 2012. lot 256.