Lot 173
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A SALT-GLAZED COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STONEWARE JAR
A SALT-GLAZED COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STONEWARE JAR
A SALT-GLAZED COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STONEWARE JAR
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A SALT-GLAZED COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STONEWARE JAR
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A SALT-GLAZED COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STONEWARE JAR

ATTRIBUTED TO JONATHAN FENTON (B. 1766), BOSTON, 1793-1796

Details
A SALT-GLAZED COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STONEWARE JAR
ATTRIBUTED TO JONATHAN FENTON (B. 1766), BOSTON, 1793-1796
with oval medallion incised in blue slip JF and stamped BOSTON
13 1⁄4 in. high
Provenance
W. Torry Little, Marshfield, Massachusetts
Skinner, Inc., Bolton, 23 March 1997, lot 30
Samuel Herrup Antiques, Sheffield, Massachusetts
Acquired from above, April 1997
Literature
Peter Goodman, Notebook, no. 974.

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Lot Essay

A rare example bearing the maker's initials in a medallion, this jar was made by Boston's first stoneware pottery, founded in 1793 by Jonathan Fenton (b. 1766) and Frederick Carpenter (1771-1827). The enterprise only ran for three years, after which Jonathan Fenton relocated to New Hampshire and subsequently Vermont. For more on Fenton, see Lura Woodside Watkins, "New Light on Boston Stoneware and Frederick Carpenter," The Magazine Antiques (June 1972), pp. 1052-1055.

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