Stoneware jar
Object Details
- Commeraw, Thomas
- Description
- While this jar is unmarked, it may be one of several in the Museum's collection made by Thomas Commeraw, a free black potter. Thomas Commeraw established his pottery in the Corlears Hook neighborhood of lower Manhattan in 1797, successfully competing with well known stoneware makers from the Crolious and Remmey families.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- John Paul Remensnyder
- 1797-1819
- ID Number
- 1977.0803.115
- accession number
- 1977.0803
- catalog number
- 1977.0803.115
- Object Name
- jar
- Physical Description
- ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24.5 cm x 17.1 cm; 9 21/32 in x 6 23/32 in
- place made
- United States: New York, Corlears Hook
- 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_574240
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-d69d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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