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Jug (Pitcher)
American Pottery Company, Nichols & Alford Pottery
1850-1860
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
American Pottery Company (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Jersey City or Burlington; New Jersey or Vermont; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware ("Rockingham ware")
- Lead glaze (Rockingham type)
Museum Object Number
2015.0020.003
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis
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Object Number
2015.0020.003
Object Name
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
Subject(s)
- Hunting
- Rural pursuits
Materials
- Earthenware ("Rockingham ware")
- Lead glaze (Rockingham type)
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
9.23 (H) x 9.3 (L) x 7.4 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23.45 (H) x 23.7 (L) x 18.8 (Diam)
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. 1840Article: 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.