Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
ca. 1700-1725
1952.80
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pot
Object name
Pot
Date
1809
Medium
Stoneware, Albany slip
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/2 x 7 in. ( 16.5 x 17.8 cm )
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware pot with Albany slip glaze and impressed maker's mark around diameter.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.834
Marks
impressed: around diameter: "1809 PAUL CUSHMAN'S STONEWARE FACTORY 1809"
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
