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Jug (Pitcher)
Jonathan Fenton
1793-1796
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jonathan Fenton (Maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1955.0061.008
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1955.0061.008
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Jonathan Fenton (Maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Made in Boston on Lynn Street.
Date
1793-1796
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Shoulder
Inscription: Impressed "BOSTON"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Stamped (impressed)
- Incised
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
11.625 (H) x 7.75 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
29.527 (H) x 19.685 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 105, no. 116, Jonathan Fenton, Boston MA, 1794-96Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 27, fig. 11.Article: Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 09//1989 American Stoneware in the collection of Arthur and Esther Goldberg. Antiques. 568-581.
• Related: Information on Fenton and another jar made by him. p. 571-573, pl. VII.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