Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jug
Object Number:
1927.76
Date:
1843-1884
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 9 in. ( 30.5 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Stamped "N. CLARK 'JR ATHENS, N.Y."
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug with impressed maker's mark and decorated with a cobalt-blue flower.
Gallery Label:
The Hudson River town of Athens exerted tremendous influence over stoneware production in New York. Nathan Clark and his family, in business for nearly a century, trained numerous apprentices, who subsequently opened new potteries throughout the state.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
