Potter Politicians
Author(s): Meta F. Janowitz
Year: 2018
Summary
The early years of the 19th century were a time of change and innovation for United States potters. Some tried to continue their earlier methods of making and selling pottery, with varying degrees of success, while others expanded their workshops into factories or developed new ways of forming and decorating pots. In New York City, some members of the Crolius and Remmey potting families went into politics while they continued to manufacture salt glazed stoneware vessels. Clarkson Crolius became rich during his time serving in government but his compatriot Henry Remmey left the city after he was accused of misappropriating municipal funds. This paper will discuss the shifting fortunes of these potters and how their political involvements and machinations affected their potteries.
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Potter Politicians. Meta F. Janowitz. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441216)
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Keywords
General
Politics
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Potters
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Stoneware
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Early 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 503