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Coffeepot
St. Johns Stone Chinaware Company1879/1893
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada
In 19th-century Quebec, the shores of the Richelieu River were the cradle of pottery making, producing everyday stoneware for the local market. Higher quality ceramics were imported from Great Britain. Prior to 1879, no one had ever tried to make white ceramic in Canada, with the exception of George Whitefield Farrar. In 1873, he founded the St. Johns Stone Chinaware Company, the only Canadian company to produce china as fine as European imports.
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- Title: Coffeepot
- Creator Lifespan: Unknown / Inconnue - Unknown / Inconnue
- Date: 1879/1893
- Type: Cafetière, Coffeepot
- Titre: Cafetière
- Manufacturer: St. Johns Stone Chinaware Company
- Description: Au 19e siècle, les rives du Richelieu représentent le berceau de la poterie au Québec, fournissant des produits en terre cuite d'usage courant sur le marché local. Les objets en céramique plus raffinés sont alors importés du Royaume-Uni. Avant 1879, personne n'avait tenté de produire de la céramique blanche au Canada, à l'exception de George Whitefield Farrar qui fonde en 1873 la St. Johns Stone Chinaware Company, seule compagnie canadienne capable de produire une céramique d'une aussi grande qualité que celle importée d'Europe.
- Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
- External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M970.86.29.1-2
- Medium: White ceramic, Céramique blanche
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