Charger

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An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This charger bears slip decoration typical of the pottery from Huntington, New York. Huntington, Long Island, was rich in clay deposits, spawning a number of small wood-fired potteries, the first dating to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries. Their location on Long Island Sound was ideal for transporting their wares by boat to markets in New York City and Connecticut. The bold, symmetrical design was applied with the aid of a tin stamp, which was dipped in slip and pressed onto the slab of clay, a novel technique unique to Huntington.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art