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Jug (Pitcher or bottle)
Remmey & Son pottery
1861-1870
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Remmey & Son pottery (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.0073
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Robert L. Raley
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Object Number
1961.0073
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher or bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Remmey & Son pottery (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1861-1870
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Side near shoulder
Inscription: Stamped (impressed) "MADE FOR/ EMERICK & HOPKINS,/ IMPORTERS OF QUEENSWARE./ No 349 NTH 3 ST/ PHILADELPHIA "
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Advertisement
- Importer
- Merchant
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
- Stamped (impressed)
Dimensions (inches)
10.276 (H) x 7.087 (L) x 6.063 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
26.1 (H) x 18 (L) x 15.4 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue).
• Published: p. 9, fig. 11Article: Beckerdite, Luke & Hunter, Robert. 01//2007 Earth Transformed: Early Southern Pottery at MESDA and Old Salem. Antiques. 160-169.
• Another jug by Remmey: p. 165, fig. 10Book: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Queensware importer noted on glass cup plate: p. 127, no. 395, "[name illegible] IMPORTERS / CHINA GLASS / & QUEENS.WARE / SAINT.LOUIS" lead glass, probably Pittsburgh, c. 1845-55Article: Janowitz, Meta F. 2008 "New York City Stonewares from the African Burial Ground". Ceramics in America. 41-66.
• Whole article: discussion of Crolius and Remmey family salt-glazed stoneware from burial ground.Article: Magid, Barbara H. 2008 "Robert H. Miller, Importer: Alexandria and St. Louis". Ceramics in America. 143-61.
• Probably James Hamilton, Greensboro PA jar (c. 1877-1900) with related inscription: p. 154, with blue-stenciled "E. J. MILLER & CO./ QUEENSWARE/ ALEXANDRIA. VA./ 2"Catalogue: Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
• Two cylindrical jars stamped with Alexandria references: January 20, 2013 sale, lot 218, one impressed "B. C. MILBURN / ALEXA," the other "E. J. MILLER & CO. / WHOLESALE / DEALERS IN / QUEENSWARE, CHINA / GLASSWARE & C. / 63 KING ST. / ALEXANDRIA. VA."