Rockingham Dog
date: label: date made
content: c. 1890
label: date made
content: c. 1850
notes: label: Description
content: What is known as Rockingham pottery began in England and is characterized by its mottled brown surface. When English potters began immigrating to America, they also brought this distinct glaze with them. Soon Rockingham pottery became the majority of pottery manufactured in mid-nineteenth century America. A wide range of products were made with the Rockingham glaze, many of them highly detailed relief-molded jugs with themes of nature and hunt scenes. Sometimes animal figures would also be produced, however, not in great quantities. The Rockingham animals were used primarily for decorative purposes. This seated dog was meant to resemble the popular King Charles spaniels and would have been used as a door stop.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, East Liverpool
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.58.724
label: catalog number
content: 58.724
label: accession number
content: 81600
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: monochrome, brown (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in; 26.67 cm x 13.97 cm x 20.955 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 7/16 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 26.51125 cm x 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm