Jug (Pitcher)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    American Pottery Company (Possible maker)

    Nichols & Alford Pottery (Possible maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Jersey City or Burlington, New Jersey or Vermont, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1850-1860

  • Materials:

    Earthenware ("Rockingham ware"); Lead glaze (Rockingham type)

  • Techniques:

    Molded

  • Museum Object Number:

    2015.0020.003


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2015.0020.003

Object Name

Jug (Pitcher)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis

Creator (Role)

American Pottery Company (Possible maker)

Nichols & Alford Pottery (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

Jersey City or Burlington, New Jersey or Vermont, United States, North America

Date

1850-1860

Subjects

Hunting; Rural pursuits

Materials

Earthenware ("Rockingham ware"); Lead glaze (Rockingham type)

Techniques

Molded

Dimensions (inches)

9.23 (H) , 9.3 (L) , 7.4 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23.45 (H) , 23.7 (L) , 18.8 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
Two stoneware pitchers with similar scene and handles, possibly by same maker: July 20, 2019 sale, lots 69-70, each impressed "AMERICAN POTTERY CO. / JERSEY CITY, N.J." Respectively c. 1845 and c. 1840
[Article] 06//2020 Transitional Yellow Ware. Early American Life Magazine. 51 (3): 14-21.
Yellow ware variant jug with similar scene: p. 17, Phillips & Bagster marked jug, Church works, Haley, Staffordshire, 1819-23, with hound handle, shown with 1929-33 American yellow ware version from D. & J. Henderson Flint Stoneware Manufactory, Jersey City, NJ.