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Jug
Henry Stockwell for William E. Warner at the Columbia Potteryca. 1831
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Ovoid, light brown glazed stoneware jug with single applied handle. Narrow mouth with lip; neck slopes to bulging shoulder then tapers to base. On front of body opposite handle, incised decoration of bird perching on a branch with four leaves stained blue. Inscriptions above and below bird decoration and below handle.CONDITION: Chipped on lip, chips on side near base
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Details
- Title: Jug
- Creator Nationality: 0
- Date Created: ca. 1831
- Location Created: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: Purchased with funds given by Christine V. Ness, H. Randolph Lever Fund, Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund, and other funds
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1581/Jug
- Medium: Stoneware
- Signed: no signature
- Markings: Below handle, incised: "Made by Henry Stockwell"Above bird decoration, incised in script: "S. Stiles." (name of man jug was made for)Below bird decoration, incised in script: "This is the first jug made in /the Columbian Factory /Perth Amboy Sept. 1st /1831 /William E. Warner /Manufacturer"
- Inscribed: no inscriptions
- Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 21.9 x 22.2 cm)Diameter of base: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
- Designer and maker: Henry Stockwell for William E. Warner at the Columbia Pottery
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession number: 77.191.9
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