Stoneware jar
Stoneware jar
- Description
- While this jar is unmarked, it may be one of several in the Museum's collection made by Thomas Commeraw, a free black potter. Thomas Commeraw established his pottery in the Corlears Hook neighborhood of lower Manhattan in 1797, successfully competing with well known stoneware makers from the Crolious and Remmey families.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- date made
- 1797-1819
- maker
- Commeraw, Thomas
- place made
- United States: New York, Manhattan Island
- Physical Description
- ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24.5 cm x 17.1 cm; 9 21/32 in x 6 23/32 in
- ID Number
- 1977.0803.115
- accession number
- 1977.0803
- catalog number
- 1977.0803.115
- Credit Line
- John Paul Remensnyder
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Domestic Furnishings
- New York Stoneware
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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