Still
Artist
Henry Nash
(American, 1837 - 1839)
Date1837-1839
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 13in. (40.6 × 33cm)
ClassificationsCULINARY ARTIFACTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with funds from the Sarah T. Norris Fund
Terms
Object number85.33.9
DescriptionUnglazed stoneware still with cobalt decoration; ovoid shape with threaded inlets and hole; Albany slip interior.On View
On viewCollections
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Label TextDuring the early years of the nineteenth century, distilling was a popular solution to the problem of agricultural surplus on the Midwestern frontier. Advances in the technology of portable stills coincided with an oversupply of grain and encouraged home distilleries.
