Jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1835
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 10 in. ( 41.9 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug decorated with incised bird on branch and incised, cobalt blue bird on ball.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.923
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
30115
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
1835-1836
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 11 in. ( 30.5 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled jar with impressed maker's mark and decorated with a cobalt blue flower.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1928.54
Marks:
impressed: beneath rim: "FRANCIS BOGARDUS/POUGHKEEPSIE"
Gallery Label:
When necessary, jars and pots were sealed with cloth or paper tied down with string. Rims were raised to make securing the top easier.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
30113
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crock
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 12 in. ( 35.6 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled jar with elaborately hand-incised flowers on either side and decorated with cobalt blue.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.911
Gallery Label:
Pots were often stacked in the kiln with one inverted on top of another. The unglazed portions of this jar's top rim demonstrate the placement of kiln props to keep the pot on top from adhering. Overfiring is evident in the sagging rim and the large bubbles in the clay. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a crock attributed to Clarkson Crolius, Sr. that has almost identical floral decoration.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
30077
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1902
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 8 x 6 in. ( 21.6 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Molded salt-glazed stoneware pitcher with relief image of the Flatiron Building on one side and a lady (a embossed Gibson girl) walking in the wind on the other; all raised elements are colored with cobalt.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert S. Shlesinger
Object Number:
1974.51
Marks:
printed: on base: "THE ROBINSON CLAY PRODUCT CO./AKRON/OHIO"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this pitcher was presented to Albert W. Shlesinger, the donor's father, at the opening of the Flatiron Building in 1902. The Robinson Clay Product Co. of New York, manufactuers of "stoneware, sewer pipe, and fire brick", housed its executive office in the Flat Iron Building, Broadway and 23rd Street, New York, NY.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1902
eMuseum Object ID:
30073
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kiln prop
Classification:
Date:
1800-1838
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 7 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware kiln prop with areas of cobalt splashes; arched shape.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. John Paul Remensnyder
Object Number:
1958.38
Gallery Label:
After stoneware vessels were formed, marked, and decorated, they were carefully stacked in the firing kiln. In order to keep the vessels from fusing together, potters placed stoneware props, made simply of wads of stoneware clay, between the pots. This prop was found by the donor around 1958 during an excavation on the east edge of City Hall Park, near the former site of the Crolius pottery.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
30068
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
1600-1700
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 6 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jar with applied molded decoration and an inscription inside an elaborate cartouche and decorated with cobalt-blue oxide.
Object Number:
Z.1442
Marks:
molded: and applied to front: "WILT · DEII · ERREII · WT · LIEFFDEN/MET · LOEFSAVICK · SEIIGEN _/VID · MAKAIDREN · VRINTELICK · _/EINEN · TOE · BRENGEN · _/1591"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
30058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Partially glazed stoneware miniature pitcher decorated with cobalt blue and incised flowers.
Object Number:
Z.1427
Gallery Label:
The rough appearance of the pitcher's clay body is a result of not being fired at a high enough temperature.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
30056
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
1863-1879
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 10 in. ( 39.4 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled jar with impressed maker's mark and decorated with cobalt blue tulips.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1928.55
Marks:
impressed: on front: "POTTERY WORKS / LITTLE WST 12TH ST. N.Y."; "4"
Gallery Label:
The large impressed "4" on this crock refers to its four gallon capacity. Such numbers were often placed prominently on mid 19th-century stoneware.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1879
eMuseum Object ID:
30039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 3.5 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Porcelain dish with deep cavetto with pseudo arms of New York State at center; rust and gold floral sprig is at the center of the arms, and the American eagle holds a red flower in its beak; the border decoration consists of a blue enamel band with stars, bounded below with rust and gold lappet band; below the bands are six evenly spread floral sprigs.
Object Number:
1952.113
Marks:
inscribed: on banner below arms: "EXCELSIOR"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
30030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mug
Classification:
Date:
1690-1700
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 13.3 x 13.3 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Stoneware mug decorated with impressed flowers and incised scrolling vines surrounding an octagonal medallion with the portrait of a king, on a cobalt blue background with reddish purple manganese on rosettes and also on wide cylindrical neck with incised bands.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.154
Marks:
impressed: and raised, around medallion: "D · G · MAG · BRIT · FRANCET · HIB · REX · & · WILHELMUS III ·"
Gallery Label:
Though this mug is in the style of the late 17th century, it has certain characteristics, including a slight outcurving of the neck, that suggest it might have been made in the 20th century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
30027
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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