Oyster jar from the Thomas Downing oyster house
- On View
- Cultural Expressions Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Downing, Thomas, American, 1791 - 1866
- Date
- ca 1840
- Medium
- glaze and cobalt oxide on ceramic with paint and cork (bark)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 5/16 × 4 3/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16 × 10.7 × 10.7 cm)
- Description
- A stoneware oyster jar from the Thomas Downing oyster house. The jar has a brown glaze with a black painted cork stopper. The jar is cylindrical shaped with tapered shoulder and tall, narrow neck that flares slightly outwards at the lip. The front of the jar is stamped with text that reads, [T' DOWNING [G stamped upside down] / PICKLEDOYSTERS / NO?5 BROAD ST / NEW YORK] with brushed dark blue coloring. There are no marks or decorations on the bottom of the jar.
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Type
- jars
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Cooking and dining
- Design
- Foodways
- Free communities of color
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2019.52
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.