Collection Highlights
Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Z.2567
Black prepared paper cut-outs, laid on beige paper with graphite, brown ink and wash, and white gouache, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Jug
Object name
Jug
Date
1879-1880
Medium
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions
Overall: 16 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 42.5 x 26.7 cm )
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware jug bearing a stamped and impressed maker's mark on upper body and decorated with cobalt blue spray of flowers.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1927.83
Marks
impressed: mark: "WEST TROY/N.Y./POTTERY"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
