Jug (Pitcher or bottle)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Jonathan Fenton (Possible maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Boston or New Haven, Suffolk or New Haven, Massachusetts or Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1792-1797

  • Materials:

    Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

  • Techniques:

    Thrown, Pulled, Stamped (impressed), Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1961.0335


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1961.0335

Object Name

Jug (Pitcher or bottle)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Jonathan Fenton (Possible maker)
7/18/1766-1848

Place of Origin

Boston or New Haven, Suffolk or New Haven, Massachusetts or Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin possibly Lynn Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date

1792-1797

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Pulled, Stamped (impressed), Painted

Dimensions (inches)

11.535 (H) , 8.169 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.3 (H) , 20.75 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] 2010 Crocks, Jugs, and Jars: Decorated American Stoneware (antiques show catalogue).
Published: fig. 1
[Book] Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
Similar shape & fish, different maker?: p. 137, no. 173, Boston-marked piece by Jonathan Fenton, 1794-97
[Article] Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 09//1989 American Stoneware in the collection of Arthur and Esther Goldberg. Antiques. 568-581.
Jar with stamped fish, "BOSTON" and Jonathan Fenton monogram: p. 572, pls. VII, VIIa, 1793-96
[Catalogue] Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
Fish on Crolius-attributed stoneware punch bowl: p. 122, no. 85, dated 1811
[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; and for fish detail p. 214
[Catalogue] Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
Generally similar form jug with impressed fish (2) and "BOSTON": July 18, 2015 sale, lot 4, attributed to Jonathan Fenton, Boston, MA, late 18th century.
[Catalogue] Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
Generally similar form jug with impressed script "JF" cartouche: July 18, 2015 sale, lot 5, Jonathan Fenton, Boston, MA, late 18th century.