Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pot
Object Number:
1929.42
Date:
1863-1893
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 11 in. ( 26.7 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
impressed: beneath opening rim: "A. O. WHITTEMORE. / HAVANA. N.Y."
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled crock with impressed maker's mark and cobalt blue painted house with water.
Gallery Label:
Albert Whittemore, an eccentric businessman from Queens, purchased a small pottery in Havana (now Montour Falls) in 1863 and developed a large enterprise known as the Schuyler Stoneware Works. Whittemore's prosperous business ventures enabled him to build a mock Italian villa overlooking the village of Havana.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
