Crock
PeriodCirca 1881 - 1890
Place MadeNew Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
MediumSalt glazed stoneware
Dimensions11.5 × 12.75 in. (29.2 × 32.4 cm)
SignedThe crock is stamped "5 / CONNOLLY & PALMER / NEW BRU[NSWICK]," highlighted with cobalt blue glaze.
ClassificationsStoneware
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, 1934
Object number637
DescriptionA five-gallon stonware crock with a deep straight sided shape and a thick rounded rim. Molded ear handles are set on either side of the body. A single shallow line is incised around the entire body below the crock rim. The crock features a large central decoration of a bird facing right, perched on a freeform leafy branch. The interior of the vessel is glazed in a dark brown Albany slip.Curatorial RemarksThis object was also assigned accession number 1979.508.32. Please use original Holmes accession number.NotesThe Connolly & Palmer pottery, like so many other New Jersey potteries, changed hands many times. The mark pressed into the body of this crock was used for only about nine years. In November of 1875, Alfred J. Buttler sold land and premises, "with the factory buildings and improvements thereon," to Charles W. McMullen and Thomas F. Connolly for $25,000. The property included the old George W. Price potshop, and was referred to in documents as "The New Brunswick Pottery." Then began a complicated back-and-forth sale of the property, with Buttler repurchasing the property at least five times. In 1885, Buttler sold it a final time to Thomas F. Connolly and Charles T. Palmer. The factory apparently produced quantities of commercial stoneware such as crocks and jugs of good quality.
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