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On Display: House - Stoneware Closet
Water cooler (Water cooler and cover)
Amos Seavey
1840-1860
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Amos Seavey (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Chelsea; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1957.0119.001 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1957.0119.001 A, B
Object Name
Water cooler (Water cooler and cover)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Amos Seavey (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Chelsea; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Date
1840-1860
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Front
Inscription: Stamped (impressed) words: "AMOS SEAVEY/ CHELSEA." Below this is a large stamped (impressed) "8"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Incised
- Stamped (impressed)
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
19.488 (H) x 13.189 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
49.5 (H) x 33.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 111, no. 127, maker Amos Seavey, Chelsea MA, c. 1850Web Site: Brooklyn Museum of Art Database record for wine press. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1048/Wine_Press
• Seavey winepress online record at http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1048/Wine_PressBook: 1850 The Sixth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association at Faneuil and Quincy Halls, in the City of Boston, September, 1850.
• Located through google ebooks. References to Seavey on p.91, exhibition entries 1334 and 182.