Pitcher: Grand Erie Canal
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1824
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 7 x 5 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 17.8 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Straight neck, bulbous bodied pearlware pitcher with angular handle printed medium dark blue with inscriptions in wreathed cartouche either side three stacked cartouches between with rural, spread eagle and river views; floral surround border of medallions of canal boats.
Object Number:
INV.14421
Marks:
printed: on base: "HE"
printed: on side: "THE /GRAND ERIE CANAL/A SPLENDID MONUMENT OF THE/ ENTERPRISE & RESOURCES/ OF THE STATE OF/ NEW YORK./INDEBTED FOR ITS EARLY COMMENCEMENT/& RAPID COMPLETION TO TEH ACTIVE/ENERGIES. PREEMINENT TALENTS,/& ENLIGHTENE
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
36064
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Pitcher: Charity
Classification:
Date:
1810-1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 17.1 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware pitcher with broken scroll handle; silver luster bands around rim, spout, and foot, and along edges of handle; two brown transfer printed images are also encircled in silver luster; the front image depicts a woman and three children, and the second a woman sitting by the seashore next to an anchor; silver luster burst under spout.M
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1951.145
Marks:
printed: in brown under image #1: "CHARITY"
printed: in brown under image #2: "HOPE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
36062
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Pitcher: woman/anchor
Classification:
Date:
1810-1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 14 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Molded pitcher with squared broken scroll handle with silver luster bands; transfer printed in red; vignettes either in silver luster medallions with female figure holding cross with open book and incense and opposite is seated female figure with anchor; stylized silver luster with heart with palm branches under spout.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Jean Morron and Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Burch in memory of John R. Morron and Belle G. Morron
Object Number:
1951.147
Marks:
printed: under woman with cross: "FAITH"
printed: under seated woman: "HOPE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
36061
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Sugar bowl with lid: Christmas Eve
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 14 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware bulbous, oblong footed vessel with trompe l'oeil 'hinged' handles, collared with flaring scalloped rim, rounded four sided domed lid with oblong finial printed dark blue with interior scene either side of two woman and a child seated at a table with man leaning over young woman's chair; floral border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.367ab
Marks:
printed: on base: "CHRISTMAS EVE/CLEWS/MANUFACTURER" with ovals
impressed: on base: "CLEWS"
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
36060
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Sugar bowl: State House Hartford
Classification:
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 6 5/8 x 4 in. ( 8.6 x 16.8 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Molded oblong pearlware sugar bowl with two U-shaped handles, leafy brackets in low relief and printed medium light blue with the same view of neo-classical building in oval medallions, floral border on either side. (State House, Hartford)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.329
Marks:
printed: on base: "STATE HOUSE, HARTFORD'
printed: on inside of sugar bowl on label: "Purchased of Miss Janet Waring of Yonkers, New York, June 1939."
Gallery Label:
This sugar bowl was purchased from Miss Janet Waring of Yonkers, New York -June 1939. According to the donor, sugar bowls of the Hartford State House are very rare.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
36059
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Platter: Niagrara Falls from the American Side
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. ( 4.8 x 37.8 x 29.5 cm )
Overall (a): 18 7/8 × 25 9/16 in. (47.9 × 64.9 cm)
Description:
Molded oval pearlware dish with canted corners printed with view of Niagara Falls, two couples in foreground; shell border. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 31)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.260
Marks:
impressed: on base: "WOOD" "14"
printed: with spread eagle on reverse of rim: "E PLURIBUS UNUM" "NIAGARA FROM THE AMERICAN SIDE"
Gallery Label:
This view of Niagara Falls, one of the most magnificent waterfalls in the world, was adapted from an 1818 sketch by J. Milbert published in "Itinerere Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson," (1828-29).
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
36050
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Plate: Fine Orchard House in the Catskills
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. ( 1.9 x 26.2 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware plate decorated with a blue and white transfer printed image of a mansion perched on a cliff in the mountains and figure on aroad near the house in foreground and surrounded by a shell border. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 34)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.101
Marks:
printed: on back: "PINE ORCHARD HOUSE/ CATSKILL MOUNTAINS/ E PLURIBUS UNUM" and eagle and shield
impressed: on back: "E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM/WARRANTED/SEMI CHINA" and eagle and shield
Gallery Label:
Thomas Cole's painting, "View of the Catskill Mountain House, New York," inspired this scene. Several Staffordshire potters reproduced engravings of the Catskill Mountain House, a popular resort perched on a ledge overlooking the Hudson Valley. The original name of the inn was Pine Orchard House.
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
36044
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Plate: Highlands North River
Classification:
Date:
1813-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 25.7 cm )
Description:
Molded of white clay with ireggularly scalloped and cupped brim and printed in blue with side view of river steamer in gorge with eagles, scrolls, and flowers.
Object Number:
INV.13592
Marks:
printed: on reverse side of brim: "Highlands North River" in oval
Gallery Label:
This view is probably of the steamer the "Fulton" (1813-).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
36042
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Covered sugar bowl
Classification:
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 7 x 5 in. ( 16.5 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware footed bombé form with canted corners, molded tripartite knob handles, irregularly scalloped erect rim around rectangular opening, step-domed lid with single flange finial printed dark blue with view of single sail skiff on water with building on shore, tower above tree line, either side, with irregular shell borders.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.331ab
Marks:
painted: on base: "35"
impressed: on base: "1"
Gallery Label:
The teapot shows a view of Wadsworth Tower(Connecticut) which was built in 1810.
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
36036
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Pitcher: Aqueduct bridge at Rochester
Classification:
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 9 x 6 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 22.9 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Pearlware pitcher with wide spout, scrolled acanthus leaf and molded foot; dense dark blue transfer printed floral border; two distinct Erie Canal views on opposite sides of body. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 44)
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1921.17
Gallery Label:
This pitcher is a part of the Erie Canal series; view of bridge with city in background is "Aqueduct Bridge at Rochester" and view of triple-arched around bridge "Entrance of the Erie Canal into the Hudson at the Albany". The view of Rochester comes from..."a water color by J. Eights, engraved by Rawdon, Clark & Co, Albany, New York....Original water color in Old Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
36034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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