Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
1951.414c
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Churn
Object name
Churn
Date
1873-1902
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 11 in. ( 66 x 27.9 cm )
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled churn with wooden dasher and lid and impressed maker's mark.
Credit Line
Purchased from John M. Connor
Object Number
1942.585
Marks
impressed: on front: "J. FISHER/LYONS, N.Y."; "4"
Gallery Label
In the 1890s, the pottery of German immigrant Jacob Fisher was the largest stoneware business in the state. Fisher took advantage of his location on the canal by loading stoneware onto his two canal boats and transporting it throughout the state's interior.
Butter churns came with a wooden dasher that fit through a hole in the churn's lid.
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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