Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object Number:
INV.12626
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
written: on collector's label on underside of pitcher: " 1488/Eng."
impressed: on handle: "24 / (illeg.) V"
Description:
Molded creamware (mochaware) baluster pitcher with trefoil terminus on applied handle; sides decorated with spiraled loops of white, bluish gray, and dark brown pigment on medium brown ground; banded at rim and foot with bands of dark brown.
Gallery Label:
This type of earthenware, known to collectors as mochaware, is made to resemble Mocha stone (moss agate) - a milky-colored stone with moss-like markings in green and reddish-brown. It was first produced in England in the 1780s and make throughout the 19th century, mainly for taverns and humble homes.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
