Artist

Maker Unknown

Nationality

American

Title of Work

Stoneware Jug No. 81

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Medium

Pottery

Identification #

1985.001.0137

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection

Status

Displayed

Location

Hughes Fine Arts Center

Additional Information

From James Carley's notes: Stoneware jug, 11 1/4" high. Salt glaze of a nice creamy color with a cobalt brushed floral painting. Mark: SIPE NICHOLS & CO./ Williamsport, Pa. impressed & filled with blue. Blue at handle terminals. The shape is an intermediate stage between the tapering sides of the early 19th c. and the straight sides of the later. The dates of the colaboration between Sipes and Nichols were 1865-7. Purchased Bickley's Antiques, Chambersburg, PA.

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