Jug
Classification:
Date:
1839
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 8 in. ( 27.9 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug with impressed maker's mark and cobalt blue date.
Credit Line:
Purchased from John M. Connor
Object Number:
1942.581
Marks:
impressed: on front: "E. S. FOX ATHENS"
painted: on front: "1839"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
29477
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1806-1809
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug decorated with hand-incised and cobalt images of fish, flags, flowers, and crescents, and hand-inscribed maker's mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.824
Marks:
inscribed: by hand on jug: "Made by Bill Howard / N * YORK"
Gallery Label:
William Howard probably made this patriotic jug in the pottery of either Clarkson Crolius, Sr. or John Remmey III. He appears in the New York City directories between 1806 and 1809 living on Cross (now Park) Street.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1809
eMuseum Object ID:
29476
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Double-handled jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1818
Medium:
Stoneware, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 8 in. ( 31.8 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed double-handled jug with incised name "MOSES THOMPSON" and black post-firing painted location and date "Columbia / Herkimer / Co. NY."; "1818"
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.837
Marks:
incised: on front: "MOSES THOMPSON"
painted: on front: "Columbia / Herkimer / Co. NY."; "1818"
Gallery Label:
Farmer Moses Thompson (1775-1841) lived in Herkimer County between 1810 and 1830. The double handles allowed two people to carry the jug, which would be extremely heavy when filled with liquid.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1818
eMuseum Object ID:
29475
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Pot
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled pot with impressed maker's mark and decorated with a stamped eagle with sixteen stars, two stamped leaves, a hand-incised leaf, and cobalt blue decoration.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1935.113
Marks:
impressed: on belly: "J. REMMEY. / MANHATTAN-WELLS. / NEW-YORK"
Gallery Label:
John Remmey III came from a stoneware dynasty almost as influential as the Crolius potters. The Remmeys, also German immigrants, intermarried and maintained a close alliance with the Crolius family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
29457
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Vial of cobalt powder
Classification:
Date:
1800-1838
Medium:
Glass, cork, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 9.5 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical hand-blown colorless glass vial with cork stopper, filled with powdered cobalt oxide.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell
Object Number:
1925.74
Gallery Label:
Powdered cobalt oxide was used to decorate pottery.
Bibliography:
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
29379
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature jug
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Miniature salt-glazed stoneware jug.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell
Object Number:
1925.71
Gallery Label:
This miniature jug is part of a group of objects and tools associated with the Crolius potteries.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29377
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table churn
Classification:
Date:
1810-1860
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 47 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled table butter churn decorated with cobalt-blue flowers, and accompanied by a wooden plunger and stoneware lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of John E. Stillwell
Object Number:
1925.46a-c
Gallery Label:
This churn was attributed to Clarkson Crolius, Sr., but it is unmarked.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
29334
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snake jug
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1871
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Bulbous salt-glazed stoneware jug decorated with applied squirming snakes with human faces, each representing different members of the Boss Tweed Ring with the head of Thomas Nast on the jug neck above the others; political sarcasms are hand inscribed all over; stopper is composed of a coiled snake.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Nast
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Inscriptions:
Inscribed: in rectangle near base: "From, / Kirkpatrick, / Anna Ills / Th. Nast NY"
Gallery Label:
The swirling mass of snakes and heads on this jug represents the Boss Tweed ring, a notoriously corrupt group of New York City politicians. The jug was created as a thank you gift for Thomas Nast, a renowned political cartoonist of the 1860s and '70s. Nast had used his cartoons to attack Tweed and his henchmen, who controlled the political machine known as Tammany Hall. Tweed is the bearded head without glasses, and most of the other heads represent his associates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1871
eMuseum Object ID:
29332
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1815-1875
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 16 in. ( 10.2 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Thrown salt-glazed stoneware circular work bowl with cut rim for pouring.
Object Number:
Z.51
Marks:
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to bottom of bowl: "810 / Amer".
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
29297
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Set of seven flatware handles
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
each (Z.1199a-f): 3 1/2 x 3/8 in. (8.9 x 1 cm)
g: 4 1/4 x 3/4 in. (10.8 x 1.9 cm)
Description:
Seven hard paste porcelain flatware handles decorated in underglaze blue; handles a-f are hollow tapering cylinders with bands of ornamental decoration near top and bottom, each slightly different; handle h is a molded, slightly ribbed cylinder swelled at the center, with attachments for flatware at each end, and painted with underglaze blue floral decoration.
Object Number:
Z.1199a-g
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
29166
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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