This unmarked stoneware jug is ornamented with impressed “Clamshell” decoration and drape-and-tassel motifs, which are highlighted with cobalt slip. David Morgan is known to have applied a similar style of decoration on signed stoneware that he produced in Manhattan, otherwise made by another Manhattan or Hudson River region potter.
Item Date: Circa 1790-1810
Measurement: Height: 16.75”
Material: Stoneware
Item Condition: Some restoration to body, hairlines repaired near incised decoration.
Literature: This jug is published on page 179 in Brandt Zipp’s book, Commeraw’s Stoneware: The life and Work of the First African American Pottery Owner, 2022; also see chapter 7 pp. 169-185.
Price: $5,750
SKU 1511-18
For More Information, Please Contact David Hillier at 978-597-8084 or email drh@aaawt.com.
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