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Flask (Pocket bottle)
Clarkson Crolius I, Remmey & Son pottery
1800
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Clarkson Crolius I (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Possibly New York; Probably New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.1098
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.1098
Object Name
Flask (Pocket bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Clarkson Crolius I (Possible maker); Remmey & Son pottery (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Possibly New York; Probably New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Simo comment: Probable origin New York State.
Date
1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Under handle
Inscription: Incised "1800", partially filled in blue
Type: Inscription
Location: Side
Inscription: Incised "JR", partially filled in blue
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Alcoholic beverage ware
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Hand modeled
- Pulled
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
7.25 (H) x 4.25 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.42 (H) x 10.8 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 194, no. 268, possibly John Remmey III of NYCBook: Skerry, Janine E. & Hood, Suzanne Findlen. 2009 Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.
• Somewhat similar flask attributed to Crolius or Remmey potteries, Manhattan, NY: pp. 196-7, fig. 15Book: Skerry, Janine E. & Hood, Suzanne Findlen. 2009 Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.
• Crolius inkwell with incised script "New York July 12th 1773/ William Crolius" mark: p. 196, fig. 14Book: 1933 Loan Exhibition of Drinking Vessels, Books, Documents, etc., etc., etc., held at the Vintners’ Hall London.
• Mermaid-shape stoneware flask: pl. XXVII, England 1800-50