Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 7 x 3 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 17.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Lead glazed earthenware (pearlware, also known as Pratt ware) pitcher with molded central oval reserve flanked by partial concentric circle; reserve contains a pot of flowers, a pair of swags on each side of the neck, with six stars, on silver luster ground with black, orange, and green highlights.
Object Number:
INV.12746
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
2193
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1820-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. ( 13 x 16.5 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Lead glazed earthenware (pearlware, also known as Pratt ware) pitcher with purple luster bands at rim and foot, relief molded pitcher with mask head spout and two busts of men, paint floral molded decoration, scalloped rim, and a border with impressed names.
Object Number:
INV.12745
Marks:
impressed: in border: "H. BROUGHAM. ESQ: M. P./T. DENMAN ESQ: M. P."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
2192
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 11.4 x 14 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Lead glazed earthenware (pearlware, also known as Pratt ware) pitcher with molded central oval reserve flanked by partial concentric circles; reserve contains two men's faces, bellflowers painted in circles in silver luster and orange enamel.
Object Number:
INV.12744
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
2191
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 9 x 6 3/4 in. ( 21 x 22.9 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Lead glazed earthenware (pearlware, also known as Pratt ware) pitcher with molded mythological scenes of women crowning a bust with a wreath, and a Bacchanalian scene; molded flutes at base with purple luster decoration, molded vine decoration with purple luster highlights, and beading at rim.
Object Number:
INV.12737
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
2189
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mug
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1788
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.8 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Porcelain tea set decorated with the insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati and monogram of Samuel Shaw; cylindrical mug.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Frances Jay, Mrs. Alexander Duer Harvey, Mrs. Lloyd Kirkham Garrison, and Mrs. Lawrence W. Fox, in memory of Mrs. Pierre Jay (nee Louisa Shaw Barlow) by her children
Object Number:
1972.11n
Marks:
painted: in orange beneath Society of the Cincinnati insignia: "SS"
inscribed: in oval at center of insignia: "OMNIA RELINQUIT SERVARE REMPUBLICAM"
Gallery Label:
This tea set was made for Samuel Shaw, first American consul at Canton.
Provenance:
Samuel Shaw (d. 1794); to his nephew, Robert Gould Shaw (1776-1853); to his eldest son, Francis George Shaw (1809-1882); to his daughter, Ellen Shaw; to her daughter, Louisa Shaw Barlow; to her daughters, Miss Frances Jay, Mrs. Alexander Duer Harvey, Mrs. Lloyd Kirkham Garrison, and Mrs. Lawrence W. Fox.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1788
eMuseum Object ID:
2182
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1952.18b
Classification:
Medium:
ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 6 in. ( 5.1 x 15.2 cm )
Object Number:
1952.18b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
2181
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature creamer
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 8.3 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Miniature molded pearlware ("spatterware") creamer with sponged-on blue underglaze decoration framing landscape in green and brown with black outlines on either side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.471
Marks:
impressed: on underside: "41"
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:
2179
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
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:
Lead glazed earthenware pitcher, molded with four fluted panels, three of which bear a central medallion with rural houses on a hill; molded floral vine border, buff colored with purple luster highlights.
Object Number:
INV.12735
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
2128
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1815-1820
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 7 in. ( 15.9 x 22.2 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Pearlware pitcher; copper luster with purple luster bands; two sprig molded classical scenes; sprig molded vine around neck; sprig molded eagle under spout.
Object Number:
INV.12730
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
2126
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 11.7 x 15.9 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Lead glazed earthenware (pearlware, also known as Pratt ware) pitcher with large blue band with sprig molded hunting scene, smaller band on neck with smaller smaller sprig leaf molding, enamel highlights, and purple luster banding.
Object Number:
INV.12729
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
2125
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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