I purchased this probably eighteenth century stoneware jug with a hand-drawn flower in cobalt yesterday from museum specialist and Cape Cod antiques dealer Brian Cullity, whereas he recently acquired it in the Midwest. I have since passed it along to a stoneware collector, although the reason that I purchased it is because of the shape of the flower and its placement. It reminded me of a stamped and often infilled flower that William Pecker (1757-1820) was applying on objects that he made in South Amesbury (Merrimacport, Massachusetts) about 1810-1820.
Furthermore, I suspect that the small eight-inch jug was made in Manhattan, but if not there, then somewhere in the Hudson River Region. However, as I have documented in publication and at my recent talk at the Stoneware Collectors Group Presentation at the Bennington Museum in Vermont - William Pecker may have been a trained New York City stoneware potter. Could there be a relationship between these two objects?
For more information about William Pecker's stoneware production - see the fourth book in my pottery book series from Historic Beverly in Massachusetts, titled, South Amesbury's Red Earthenware & Stoneware: The 1791-1820 William Pecker Pottery: https://historicbeverly.net/product/south-amesburys-red-earthenware-stoneware-production/
Stoneware Jug Decorated with a Hand-Drawn Flower in Cobalt
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