Abolitionist Jug

Unknown Artist

ca. 1820

Abolitionist Jug by Unknown Artist

Medium

Pearlware (glazed earthenware) with transfer-printed and luster decoration

Dimensions

4 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 3 in. (11.4 × 14 × 7.6 cm)

Classification

Ceramics-Pottery

Culture

British, probably Stafforshire or Sunderland

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Brett and Sara Burns Gift, in honor of Austin B. Chinn, 2020

Accession Number

2020.106

Tags

Slavery

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