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Object Description
| Brief description | Stoneware jug, John B. Maxfield, Milwaukee, 1855-1858. |
| Object name | Jug |
| Maker | Maxfield, John B., 1818-1906 |
| Date | 1855-1858 |
| Materials and techniques | Wheel-thrown salt-glazed stoneware |
| Marks | Impressed maker's mark: "J.B. Maxfield/ Milwaukee" highlighted in cobalt blue glaze |
| Original location | Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| Current location | Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin |
| Description | Ovoid salt-glazed stoneware jug with applied strap handle. Hand-painted floral motif in cobalt blue glaze. |
| 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 1854, entrepreneur John B. Maxfield (1818-1906) and his brother Amos acquired the Milwaukee Stoneware Factory on West Water Street from Oscar F. Baker. The Maxfield pottery imported stoneware clay from Ohio to produce a variety of utilitarian salt-glazed wares, including jugs, crocks, churns, chamber pots, and flowerpots. John bought out Amos in mid-1855 and was the sole owner of the pottery until 1858, when he sold the factory to E.D. Chapin, who converted the building into a flour mill. |
| 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). A brief biography of John Maxfield is available from the Wisconsin Historical Society's Dictionary of Wisconsin History: http://wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=14892 |
| Related objects | Two similar stoneware jugs marked by Maxfield are also among the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Museum (object #s 1947.1372 and 1948.239): http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,1363 and http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,1320 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Museum |
| Object # | 1947.1373 |
| Rights | (c) 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Contact the owner for more information. http://wisconsinhistory.org/museum/collections/dom_life.asp |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | WHS125 |
| Digital format | XML |
| Type | Physical object |
| Keywords | Ceramics; Pottery; Stoneware; Jug (vessel); Vessel (container); Container (receptacle); Furnishings and equipment; Food Processing Tools and Equipment; Food Service Tools and Equipment |
| Date digitized | 2008-04-03 |
| Date modified | 2010-03-31 |
Description
| Object name | Jug |
| Rights | (c) 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Contact the owner for more information. http://wisconsinhistory.org/museum/collections/dom_life.asp |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | WHS125a |
| Digital format | image/jpeg |
| Type | Physical object |
| Date digitized | 2008-04-03 |
| Date modified | 2008-04-03 |
