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Jar
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
1957.0119.007
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1957.0119.007
Object Name
Jar
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Frederick Carpenter (Maker)
Place of Origin
Charlestown; Massachusetts; Middlesex; New England; United States; North America
Date
1803-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Neck
Inscription: Stamped (impressed) " CHARLESTOWN"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Incised
- Stamped (impressed)
Dimensions (inches)
14.311 (H) x 10.709 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
36.35 (H) x 27.2 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Watkins, Lura Woodside. 06//1972 New Light on Boston Stoneware and Frederick Carpenter. 1052-1056.
• Similar to fig.11, p.1057. Related information on maker.Article: Schreiber, Peter. Frederick Carpenter: Master Potter of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Stoneware Collectors Journal. 4 (1)
• Information on maker, p.4-15.Book: Skerry, Janine E. & Hood, Suzanne Findlen. 2009 Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.
• Similar form storage jar and variant, both marked "BOSTON" and attributed to Frederick Carpenter, 1793-96: p. 213, figs. 36-37; and for details p. 214