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Jug (Pitcher)
United States Pottery Company
1852-1858
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
United States Pottery Company (Maker)
Place of Origin
Bennington; Vermont; Bennington; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2007.0014.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis
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Object Number
2007.0014.001
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
United States Pottery Company (Maker)
Place of Origin
Bennington; Vermont; Bennington; New England; United States; North America
Date
1852-1858
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Raised, diamond-shape mark with scrolled edges and "UNITED STATES/ POTTERY CO."
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Niagara Falls
- American themed ceramics
- Niagara Falls
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
8.898 (H) x 6.457 (W) x 8.78 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.6 (H) x 16.4 (W) x 22.3 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: McCall, Ida. 09//2007 Natural Beauty: Representing Niagra Falls, a porcelain pitcher that reveals an America in the midst of change. Winterthur Magazine. 11.
• Published: Fall 2007, p. 11Article: Murphy, Laura. 2007 Parian Ware and the Development of an American Identity. American Ceramic Circle Journal. XIV: 133-152.
• Cascade pitcher: p. 132, fig. 1, US Pottery Co., Bennington VT, Parian ware, c. 1852-58. H: 8 1/2"; and pp. 136-7Book: Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 1989 American Porcelain 1720-1920.
• Unglazed version of same pitcher: pp. 145-46, no. 43, United States Pottery Company, Bennington, VT, 1852-58. Impressed mark on molded medallion "UNITED STATES/POTTERY CO./BENNINGTON, Vt."Book: Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
• Similar model in mottled glaze "Fancy Rockingham" ware: pp. 48-49, no. 38, whith exposed (glazed) yellow ware bottom and "United States/Pottery Co./Bennington, Vt." mark, 1852-58Book: Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
• Parian model (smear glaze exterior, clear glaze interior) bearing "UNITED STATES / POTTERY CO. /BENNINGTON, Vt." mark: p. 50, no. 39, 1852-58Book: Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
• Yellow earthenware model marked "PEORIA / POTTERY": pp. 50-51, no. 40, from Illinois, c. 1867-68