Stoneware Pitcher
Classification:
Description:
Stoneware pitcher. Metal and wooden handle. Stamped: "COWDEN & WILCOX./ HARRISBURG. PA"
Object Number:
INV.15059
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11121
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Creamer
Classification:
Medium:
porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 5 x 4 in. ( 15.2 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Object Number:
1957.69c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11113
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Jug
Classification:
Date:
1825-1847
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 12 in. ( 39.4 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug with impressed maker's mark and illegible hand-inscribed writing to the left side of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1927.89
Marks:
impressed: beneath spout: "M · TYLER · ALBANY/MANUFACTURER"; "3"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
11056
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Pitcher: woman/anchor
Classification:
Medium:
ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 x 5 in. ( 12.7 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Object Number:
1951.100
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10935
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1895
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 12 in. ( 5.1 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Molded earthenware plaque decorated with a central transfer-printed scene in underglaze blue of historic New York, surrounded by a stylized tulip border; two pierced holes on top of foot rim for hanging.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leon Volkmar
Object Number:
1939.286
Marks:
Impressed: on back: "Volkmar & Cory"
Gallery Label:
This plaque is from a series of twelve depicting views of old New York. It was designed and executed by Charles Volkmar at his pottery in Corona, Queens. Joseph P. McHugh, an Arts and Crafts designer who ran the "Popular Shop" on 42nd Street, maintained exclusive rights to the series for a year.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
10662
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Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1845
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 22.2 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Molded yellowware pitcher with low panelled body and raised impression of a muscled arm holding a hammer, either side, with an angular handle in form of a branch, circular foot; mottled brown glaze (Rockingham).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.546
Marks:
raised: letters on raised plaque, either side: "PROTECTOR TO AMERICAN/INDUSTRY"
raised: letters under spout: "EVERITT"
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:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
10554
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Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 8 in. ( 24.8 x 23.5 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Yellowware pitcher molded with deer chase and boar hunt in low relief, around body; grapes, vines, and leaves on tall neck; crouching hound handle; glazed in mottled dark brown (Rockingham); interior has transparent glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.545
Marks:
applied: white letters on shoulder: "C. B. SLEIGHT"
impressed: on base in circle: "AMERICAN/POTTERY C/O/JERSEY CITY, NJ"
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
10544
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Vase
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. ( 19 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown redware baluster-shaped vase with applied vine in relief, slip-decorated surface with copper green on leaves; banded neck, footed; thin lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.257
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
10485
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Jar
Classification:
Date:
1870-1908
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. ( 16.5 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown redware jar with wide, rounded unglazed rim tapering to a flat base, slip-decorated exterior with green and brown splotches under a lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.259
Marks:
impressed: on jar: "[...] BELL & SON [in dotted rectangle]/[illeg.]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1908
eMuseum Object ID:
10412
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. ( 3.8 x 30.2 cm )
Description:
Drape molded redware plate with serrated rim; obverse secorated with sgraffitto of a stylized tulip plant flanked by two sets of flowers, one set of leaves make a heart shape; splashes of green under lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.250
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
10361
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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