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Jug (Pitcher)
Wood and Caldwell factory, Joseph Burnham Henshaw and Deming Jarves partnership, Joseph Burnham Henshaw and Deming Jarves partnership, Wedgwood - Etruria Works, William Hackwood
1814-1818
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Wood and Caldwell factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Etruria; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1972.0403
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Grahame Thomas Smallwood, Jr.
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Object Number
1972.0403
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Wood and Caldwell factory (Maker); Joseph Burnham Henshaw and Deming Jarves partnership (Commissioning merchant); Joseph Burnham Henshaw and Deming Jarves partnership (Importer); Wedgwood - Etruria Works (Design inspiration); William Hackwood (Design inspiration modeler)
Place of Origin
Etruria; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1814-1818
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: On front, under pouring lip
Inscription: Printed in black "[block] HENSHAW & JARVES / [gothic] Importers of / [script] Earthen & China Ware / Boston / from Wood & Caldwells / [type font] Manufactory / [block] BURSLEM. STAFFORDSHIRE"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "#98" is written in black ink
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Merchant
- Advertisement
- Importer
- Werther
- Goethe
- Johann Wolfgang von
- Literary scene
- Literature
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Mold-applied
Dimensions (inches)
4.7 (H) x 5.7 (L) x 4.4 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.9 (H) x 14.5 (L) x 11.1 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
OH at handle, OL from handle to pouring lip, ODiam of body, including applied sprig molding.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Ewins, Neil. 1997 "Supplying the Present Wants of Our Yankee Cousins ...": Staffordshire Ceramics and the American Market 1775-1880. Journal of Ceramic History. 15: All.
• Published: p. 60, pl. 11.Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 84, pl. 4.17Article: Endicott, F. Munroe. 09//1931 English Lustreware: Two Inscribed Jugs. Antiques. 146-49.
• Published: p. 147, figs. 4-5. See p. 146, figs. 1-3 for a varient on the same jug and p. 149, figs. 9 & 10 for Turner jasperware reliefs.Journal: Winterthur Newsletter. Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc.
• Published: February 1973 issue, pp. 4-5Electronic: Walthall, John A. 2013 Queensware Direct from the Potteries: U. S. Importers of Staffordshire Ceramics In Antebellum America: 1820 - 1860. Illinois State Archaeological Society 08/05/2014
• Very similar jug, in poorer condition: p. 14 (pp. 12-14 discussion of type), noting Henshaw & Jarves address as 20 Broad Street, Boston, and providing further notes.Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Very similar example: July 31-August 2, 2009, lot 1380, similarly ornamented and inscribed.Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Wedgwood jasperware relief as design source: vol. 1, p. 604; p. 622, pl. 928, jasper tea kettle and col. pl. C159 teapot (c. 1785-95)Article: Earls, Amy C. & Miller, George L. 2005 "1830s Painted Wares from a New Orleans Importer". Ceramics in America. (2005): 247-252.
• Whiteware exports to New Orleans importer (some marked): see whole article.Article: Swan, Mabel Munson. 01//1938 Deming Jarves and his Glass-Factory Village. Antiques. 24-27.
• Historical information and, p. 26, fig. 3, photogrph of Jarves c. 1863Book: Henrywood, R. K. 1997 An Illustrated Guide to British Jugs.
• Same theme printed Staffordshire creamware jug: p. 53, pl. 134, black-printed with prints signed "G. Brammer of Shelton", one of "Werther Going to Shoot Himself" and one "Charlotte Weeping over the Tomb of Werter"Article: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Fuchs, Ronald W. 03//2010 "Success to America: English Pottery for the American Market, 1770-1820". Antiques and Fine Art. X (2): 206-11.
• Same inscription on different jug: p. 289, no. 124, Pearlware (white) with pink luster rim, eagle and Fisher Ames (businessman) prints. Ex Teitelman coll.Journal: China & Glass Quarterly. Oakland Press
• Generally similar jug to Winterthur's acquired by Sandwich Glass Museum: p. 40. Looks to be blue grouns with mink luster rim and same printed inscript. Can't see white relief subjects.Book: Griffin, John D. 2005 The Leeds Pottery: 1770- 1778. 1.
• Leeds Pottery sprig mold portraying Charlotte at the Tomb of Werther: p. 245, no. 364, item 11