Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
1865
Z.2603
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jar
Object name
Jar
Date
1799
Medium
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 6 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 cm )
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware jar with cobalt blue painted ribbon motif under the incised and painted word "PLUMBS" and marked with incised and painted initials and date on the back.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell
Object Number
1925.99
Marks
inscriptions: Inscription: incised "E * C/1799/N.2," opp. side incised "PLUMBS"
Gallery Label
The initials "E C" inscribed on this elaborate plum jar suggest that Crolius may have made it for his wife, Elizabeth (Meyer) Crolius, whom he married in 1793.
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.
