Yeast Jar
Decorative Arts and Design
MANUFACTURER
Charles Graham Chemical Pottery Works, 1878–ca. 1913
MEDIUM
Earthenware
DATES
late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
13 3/16 × 15 in. (33.5 × 38.1 cm)
base: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
On shoulder impressed: "CHARLES GRAHAM/ CHEMICAL/ POTTERY WORKS/ BROOKLYN, N.Y."
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
58.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Jerome Levy Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A rounded stoneware vessel with irregular speckled brown glaze, the wide top tapered towards the bottom and terminates in a simple round foot. The convex top with three evenly-spaced round openings with short cylindrical necks, terminating in folded rims.
CONDITION:
Overall good condition.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Charles Graham Chemical Pottery Works (1878–ca. 1913). Yeast Jar, late 19th century. Earthenware, 13 3/16 × 15 in. (33.5 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Jerome Levy Foundation, 58.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.3.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.58.3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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