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Artist:
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George Wolliscraft Rhead
Wedgwood
Richard Briggs
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Title:
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"Longfellow Jug"
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Date:
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c. 1880
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Medium:
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Earthenware
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Dimensions:
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6 11/16 x 9 3/16 x 7 in. (16.99 x 23.34 x 17.78 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Samuel D. and Patricia N. McCullough in honor of Christopher Monkhouse
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Location:
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Gallery 333
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In hopes of capitalizing on the popularity of Maine poet Henry Wadworth Longfellow, Wedgwood manufactured "The Longfellow Jug." Longfellow was unaware of its production before receiving an example as a gift from the retailer. He replied in a letter dated December 30, 1880:
Please accept my thanks for the handsome specimen of Wedgwood ware you have been kind enough to send me, and for the compliment you pay me in having had my portrait placed upon it, with some lines of mine and titles of my poems. This is a very pleasant and very welcome New Year's Gift, and you have kept your secret so well that I have been taken quite by surprise."
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Wedgwood
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Life Dates:
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Staffordshire, England, est. 1759
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Name:
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Richard Briggs
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Role:
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Retailer
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Life Dates:
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Boston, 1798-?
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Name:
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Rhead, George Wolliscraft
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Role:
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Decorator
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Nationality:
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English
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Life Dates:
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English, 1855-1920
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Inscription and stamp
On bottom, in black: [Manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Etruria/ for/ On bottom, in red: [F920/16]; on bottom, stamped: [WEDGWOOD]
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Classification:
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Ceramics
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Physical Description:
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spouted, handled vessel with wide mouth and short neck; one side decorated with portrait of Longfellow; opposite side has portion of poem; neck decorated with flowers and ribbons with names of Longfellow works
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Creation Place:
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, England, , Staffordshire, Etruria
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Accession #:
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2003.132
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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