Jar Maker: Unknown

1700–1750

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium

Tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

10 1/2 × 8 5/8 in. (26.7 × 21.8 cm)
rim: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
foot: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

Credit Line

Friends of American Arts Acquisition Fund

Accession Number

2019.65.1

Geography

Made in Puebla, Mexico

Culture

Mexican

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Emily Johnston De Forest (née Emily Johnston, 1851–1942) and Robert Weeks De Forest (1848–1931), New York, by 1911; by descent within the family (consigned to Nye and Company, Bloomfield, N.J., July 25, 2019, lot 540); sold to Robert Simon Fine Art, New York, July 25, 2019; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2019
Bibliography
  • Edwin AtLee Barber, Catalogue of the Mexican Maiolica Belonging to Mrs. Robert W. De Forest by the Hispanic Society of America, exh. cat. (New York: Hispanic Society, 1911), 24, no. 9, pl. 4 (left).
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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