Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Crock
Object name
Crock
Date
1800-1815
Medium
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 31.1 x 24.8 cm )
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware bulbous crock with two lug handles; impressed maker's mark below neck with scalloped border and three impressed ten-petal flowers highlighted in cobalt; incised flower filled with cobalt on back.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.802
Marks
impressed: on neck: "C. CROLIUS/STONEWARE/MANUFACTURER/MANHATTAN-WELLS/NEW-YORK"
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
Bibliography
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
