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Jug

Attributed To: Jonathan Fenton
Medium: Stoneware
Place Made: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Dates: 1793-1796
Dimensions: 15 1/8 x 10 x 10 in. (38.4 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm) Diameter of base: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Markings: Stamped on shoulder: "BOSTON / [blue circle]"
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 78.242.33
Credit Line: Gift of Allison C. Paulsen in memory of Arthur W. Clement
Image: Overall, 78.242.33_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Pyriform shape, stoneware jug with handle. Narrow mouth, sloping neck, two impressed bands define shoulder, body tapers to narrow base. Top of handle attached at neck. Blue underglaze decoration of ship and blue line around ends of handle. Shoulder defined by two impressed hands. CONDITION - Mouth broken, bottom chipped.

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