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Object Description
| Brief description | Stoneware churn, Louis M. Pierron for Charles Hermann and Co., Milwaukee, 1882-1886. |
| Object name | Churn |
| Maker | Pierron, Louis M., 1853-n.d. |
| Date | 1882-1886 |
| Dimensions | 17 1/4"H x 11 1/4" diam. |
| Materials and techniques | Wheel-thrown salt-glazed stoneware |
| Marks | Stenciled in cobalt blue glaze: "Manufactured at the/ Chas. Hermann/ Stoneware/ Factory/ L.M. Pierron, Prop./ Milwaukee, Wis." and five-gallon capacity mark |
| Original location | Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| Current location | Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin |
| Description | Slightly ovoid salt-glazed stoneware butter churn with tall flaring collar. Two applied crescent-shaped lug handles. Turned cup-shaped lid glazed with dark brown slip. Interior coated with dark brown slip. |
| History | Milwaukee's waterfront location and its role as a regional marketplace made the city an ideal site for the large-scale production of durable and affordable salt-glazed stoneware. In 1856, Swiss immigrant Charles Hermann established the largest and longest-lived stoneware manufactory in the city. In 1882, Hermann entered a partnership with his stepson Louis M. Pierron (1853-n.d." who became sole owner of the company in 1886. Hermann died in Milwaukee in 1892. That same year, the pottery's 25 workers used clay shipped from Ohio to turn out approximately 500,000 gallons of utilitarian stoneware, including bottles, crocks and jugs. The company was officially incorporated as the Pierron Pottery in 1902 and closed its doors in 1935. |
| Sources | Robert G. Carroon, "The Pottery Industry in 19th Century Milwaukee" Historical Messenger of the Milwaukee County Historical Society 26, no. 1 (1970); Marion Bruhn, "Milwaukee Stoneware-The Elusive Pottery" Ohio Antique Review (June 1979), p. 74-75; Kenneth Dearolf, Wisconsin Folk Pottery in the Collection of the Kenosha Public Museum (1986). |
| Related objects | Another example of stoneware stenciled with a transitional maker's mark, from the period when Pierron managed the pottery for Hermann, is part of the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Museum (object # 1951.1847&a): http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,1339 |
| Owner | Kenosha Public Museum |
| Object # | 71-71 |
| Rights | (c) 2007 by the Kenosha Public Museum. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.kenosha.org/museum/ |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | KPM091 |
| Digital format | XML |
| Type | Physical object |
| Keywords | Ceramics; Pottery; Stoneware; Churn; Equipment; Tools and equipment; Furnishings and equipment; Food Processing Tools and Equipment |
| Date digitized | 2008-04-01 |
| Date modified | 2009-03-10 |
Description
| Object name | Churn |
| Rights | (c) 2007 by the Kenosha Public Museum. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.kenosha.org/museum/ |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | KPM091a |
| Digital format | image/jpeg |
| Type | Physical object |
| Date digitized | 2008-04-01 |
| Date modified | 2008-09-17 |
