Maker
Lyman, Fenton & Co.(American, 1849–1852)American, 1849–1852
Makeror
United States Pottery Company(American, 1852–1858)American, 1852–1858
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Toby Match Safe
Datec. 1849–1858
Made inBennington, Vermont, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
Dimensions4 1/4 × 4 × 4 3/8 in. (10.8 × 10.2 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.57.16.A,.B
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Related examples: Barret 1958, p. 320, pl. 417; design like Spargo 1969, pl. XI, bottom row, no. 3; Ramsay 1939, pl. 36; a pale gray glazed example at MMA (acc. no. 1984.395.10).
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
Provenance[George S. McKearin, Hoosick Falls, New York]; [Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1957; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Impressed on underside: 5; Lyman Fenton & Co. / Fenton's ENAMEL / PATENTED / 1849. / BENNINGTON, Vt. [Barret 1958, p. 14, fig. IXa]
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Lyman, Fenton & Co.
c. 1849–1858
Lead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
B.57.17
