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Jug (Pitcher or bottle)
Frederick Carpenter
1803-1820
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Frederick Carpenter (Maker)
Place of Origin
Charlestown; Massachusetts; Middlesex; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.0334
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1961.0334
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher or bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Frederick Carpenter (Maker)
Place of Origin
Charlestown; Massachusetts; Middlesex; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is Mystic River - worked in Charlestown, MA along Mystic River.
Date
1803-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Sidewall
Inscription: Stamped (impressed "2" and "BOSTON"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Stamped (impressed)
Dimensions (inches)
14.843 (H) x 9.843 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
37.7 (H) x 25 (Diam)
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