Object Number 1961.0334

Object Name

Jug (Pitcher or bottle)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Frederick Carpenter (Maker)

Place of Origin

Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is Mystic River - worked in Charlestown, MA along Mystic River.

Date

1803-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Sidewall; Stamped (impressed "2" and "BOSTON"

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Stamped (impressed)

Dimensions (inches)

14.843 (H) , 9.843 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37.7 (H) , 25 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Watkins, Lura Woodside. 06//1972 New Light on Boston Stoneware and Frederick Carpenter. 1052-1056.
• Related information on maker and similar objects illustrated.
[Article] Schreiber, Peter. Frederick Carpenter: Master Potter of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Stoneware Collectors Journal. 4 (1)
• Information on maker.
[Book] Skerry, Janine E. & Hood, Suzanne Findlen. 2009 Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.
• Two storage jars, both marked "BOSTON" and attributed to Frederick Carpenter, 1793-96: p. 213, figs. 36-37; and for details p. 214