Collection Highlights
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Date:
1805
Object Number:
1867.306
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wine keg
Object Number:
1937.910
Date:
1821
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 11 1/2 in. ( 45.7 x 29.2 cm )
Marks:
incised: by hand on keg top: "Oliver Dubois / Zanesville Ohio / Sept. 11 1821 / Price $200"
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware keg or cooler (for water or liquor) with incised mark on top; elaborately decorated with incised and cobalt blue painted fish, bird, and leaves.
Gallery Label:
Potter Oliver Dubois was born in New York and likely trained there before moving west to Ohio. By 1819, he was in partnership with George Kinsey in Zanesville, manufacturing "Stone & Queens-Ware." Dubois did not remain long in Zanesville and was living in New Orleans by 1850.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
