John Burger
Jar with Lid

MakerAmerican, 1811–1885
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar with Lid
Datec. 1854–1867
Made inRochester, New York, United States
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware with cobalt
Dimensions11 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 7 in. (29.8 × 21.6 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.76.11.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Related examples:  For similar shapes, see Greer 1981, p. 90; for a John Burger price list that mentions preserve jars, see Ketchum 1987, p. 374.

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.


ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, Houston; given to MFAH, 1976.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Impressed on body: JOHN BURGER. / ROCHESTER [Lehner 1988, p. 67, no. 2]

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