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Jug (Pitcher or bottle)
Jonathan Fenton
1792-1797
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jonathan Fenton (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Boston or New Haven; Massachusetts or Connecticut; Suffolk or New Haven; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.0335
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1961.0335
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher or bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Jonathan Fenton (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Boston or New Haven; Massachusetts or Connecticut; Suffolk or New Haven; 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) x 8.169 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
29.3 (H) x 20.75 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: 2010 Crocks, Jugs, and Jars: Decorated American Stoneware (antiques show catalogue).
• Published: fig. 1Book: 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, 1794-97Article: 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, 1793-96Catalogue: 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 1811Book: 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. 214Catalogue: 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.