Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jar
Object Number:
1937.896
Date:
1848-1860
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 8 1/2 in. ( 33 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on front: "A. E. SMITH & SONS,/MANUFACTURERS,/38 PECK SLIP, N. Y."; "4"
"1153" in graphite
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jar with impressed maker's mark and decorated with a cobalt blue flower.
Gallery Label:
A. E. Smith & Sons, a major stoneware manufacturer located in Norwalk, CT, maintained a retail outlet in New York City.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
