• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

ceramics

Fort Ticonderoga Acquires 1810s Staffordshire Pitcher

October 6, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

1810s Staffordshire Pitcher courtesy Fort TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga recently acquired a unique ceramic pitcher, which is decorated with printed designs and text. The text includes a quote from Thomas Jefferson, from his first inaugural address. The pitcher was made in the 1810s in the Staffordshire Potteries, in England.

Due in part to the availability of clay, salt, lead and coal, potteries around Staffordshire formed a center of ceramic production in the early 1600s. By the late 1700s, North Staffordshire was the largest producer of ceramics in Britain. In the 19th century Staffordshire pottery was widely distributed around the world. [Read more…] about Fort Ticonderoga Acquires 1810s Staffordshire Pitcher

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: ceramics, Fort Ticonderoga, Material Culture, Thomas Jefferson

Primary Sidebar

Help Us Reach Our Fundraising Goal

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • Richard Daly on Long Crisis: New York City’s Path to Neoliberalism
  • Bruce Piasecki on Award for Social Impact Writing: Call for Submissions
  • Judy Gumaer Testa on Elnathan Sears: Thirteen Months in Hell
  • Big Burly on New York’s Pirate Utopia: From Pearl Street to Execution Dock
  • Jim Sefcik on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Ed Zahniser on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Amy eckman on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Jennifer on Humans In Zoos: A Long History of ‘Exotic’ People Exhibitions
  • Henry Nass on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Jim Britell on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason

Recent New York Books

The Long Crisis
rebuilding the republic
The 20th Century Civil Rights Movement
first principles
An American Marriage
too long ago
the long year of the revolution
Notable New Yorkers of Manhattans Upper West Side
Woman Slaveholders in Jamaica
nobody hitchhikes anymore

Secondary Sidebar

New York State Historic Markers