Census Jug
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1790
notes: label: Description
content: Made in England for the American market, this creamware jug commemorates the first census of the United States taken in 1790.
label: Description
content: The Constitution, adopted in 1787, mandated that the population of the states be counted every ten years to ensure proper representation in Congress. The first census, undertaken by U.S. marshals on horseback, recorded 3.9 million inhabitants in these categories: heads of families, free white males sixteen and older, free white males younger than sixteen, free white females, all other free persons (by sex and color), and slaves.
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool, Liverpool
topic: label: related event
content: First Census of U.S.
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.78.48
label: catalog number
content: 78.48
label: accession number
content: 1978.0806
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
label: Object Type
content: creamware
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: monochrome, black (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: transfer printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: coarse earthenware (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.2 cm; 6 25/32 in