Stoneware inkwell
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Object Details
- Clark, Nathan
- Fox, Ethan
- Description
- Stoneware maker Nathan Clark partnered with Ethan S. Fox, a relative by marriage, in 1829. In response to increasing competition they began selling more elaborately decorated “Fancy Ware made to order.” The names on this inkwell, LYON & ASHLEY, may refer to the people or firm that placed the order.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1829-1838
- ID Number
- CE.300894.029
- accession number
- 300894
- catalog number
- 300894.029
- Object Name
- inkwell
- Physical Description
- ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 cm x 15.6 cm; 2 3/8 in x 6 5/32 in
- place made
- United States: New York, Athens
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Food
- Industry & Manufacturing
- New York Stoneware
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1404168
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-58ac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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