Collection Highlights
Armchair
1785-1789
1916.7
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pot
Object name
Pot
Date
1845-1852
Medium
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 12 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 31.8 cm )
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled pot decorated with an image of a cobalt blue chicken feeding on front, with impressed maker's mark beneath front rim.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number
1945.468
Marks
impressed: beneath rim: "ADAM CAIRE/POKEEPSIE, N. Y."
Gallery Label
Potter Adam Caire served a six-year apprenticeship before entering the business. After a twenty-year partnership with Philip Riedinger, Adam Caire ran his own substantial manufactory for nearly twenty years.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
