Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
1890.3
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Jug
Object name
Jug
Date
1843-1884
Medium
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 9 in. ( 30.5 x 22.9 cm )
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware jug with impressed maker's mark and decorated with a cobalt-blue flower.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1927.76
Marks
inscriptions: Stamped "N. CLARK 'JR ATHENS, N.Y."
Gallery Label
The Hudson River town of Athens exerted tremendous influence over stoneware production in New York. Nathan Clark and his family, in business for nearly a century, trained numerous apprentices, who subsequently opened new potteries throughout the state.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
