Fireman Jug1850–188015 × 10" diam.Stoneware with cobalt decorationGift of Richard S. Trump in memory of his wife, Helene D. Trump2006.13.101545973469Nathan Clark Jr.ContainersThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24557AthensAthensUnited StatesNew YorkThree Dimensional WorkseMuseum - Collection HighlightsAthensSculpture and Three Dimensional ObjectsThe name “William MaGivney” prominently incised into the stoneware body of this three-gallon jug does not refer to the pottery that produced the vessel but rather to the business owner for whom it was made. The jug was likely manufactured at the Nathan Clark Pottery in Athens, New York, while under the direction of Nathan Clark Jr. William MaGivney (d. 1897) was for many years a dealer in dry goods, groceries, crockery, and hardware in Rensselaerville Hamlet, New York. The gestural depiction of a fireman—recognizable because of the typical hat and fire horn, which were part of firefighting gear in the nineteenth century—is rare. Until the late nineteenth century, firefighters were, for the most part, volunteers. The image, which was certainly commissioned, may suggest that MaGivney served in this capacity.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Fireman Jug," exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgpotteryhttp://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24557http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24557http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2455718501880 2006 13 1 Sculpture and Three Dimensional ObjectsThe name “William MaGivney” prominently incised into the stoneware body of this three-gallon jug does not refer to the pottery that produced the vessel but rather to the business owner for whom it was made. The jug was likely manufactured at the Nathan Clark Pottery in Athens, New York, while under the direction of Nathan Clark Jr. William MaGivney (d. 1897) was for many years a dealer in dry goods, groceries, crockery, and hardware in Rensselaerville Hamlet, New York. The gestural depiction of a fireman—recognizable because of the typical hat and fire horn, which were part of firefighting gear in the nineteenth century—is rare. Until the late nineteenth century, firefighters were, for the most part, volunteers. The image, which was certainly commissioned, may suggest that MaGivney served in this capacity.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Fireman Jug," exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgpottery